“The Daughters of the Mother”: representations of the feminine in judicial lawsuits for the crime of seduction and rape in Jacobina, Bahia (1940-1960)

Authors

  • Tania Mara Pereira Vasconcelos Professora da Universidade do Estado da Bahia - UNEB Doutoranda pela Universidade Federal Fluminense - UFF

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18316/1326

Keywords:

Gender, Women, Discrimination, Lawsuits

Abstract

The article sets out to analyze representations of the feminine in lawsuits for the crime of seduction and rape, in the municipality of Jacobina, Bahia, in which the victims were children of single mothers or widows. The article sets out to analyze representations of the feminine in lawsuits for the crime of seduction and rape, in the municipality of Jacobina, Bahia, in which the victims were children of single mothers or widows. The analysis shows that these girls were the ones who were more subjected to disqualification in the course of lawsuits, since the suspicion about their morality falls also on their mothers, often accused of prostitution, based on prejudices entrenched gender, class and race.

Author Biography

Tania Mara Pereira Vasconcelos, Professora da Universidade do Estado da Bahia - UNEB Doutoranda pela Universidade Federal Fluminense - UFF

Graduada em Licenciatura em História pela Universidade do Estado da Bahia (UNEB), Mestre em História Social pela Universidade de São Paulo (USP) e doutoranda em História pela Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF) . Atualmente é professora da Universidade do Estado da Bahia. Tem experiência na área de História, com ênfase em História Moderna, atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: relações de gênero, história da infância e história da educação.

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Published

2014-04-14

Issue

No. 25 (2014)

Section

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