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A nuanced and complex portrayal of female voices which have long been silenced, offering a fresh perspective on the history of Brazilian journalism and restoring women's rightful place in Brazil's cultural memory.
This book examines the groundbreaking contributions of Maria Amália de Carvalho, Júlia Lopes de Almeida, Emília Moncorvo Bandeira de Melo (pseudonym Carmen Dolores), and Maria Benedita Câmara Bormann (pseudonym Délia) in Brazil's mainstream press, focusing on their writings published in the influential newspaper O País between 1884 and 1912. Employing psychoanalysis, gender studies, media theory and literary criticism, the chapters in this book explore how these four writers cultivated a collective intellectual network and how their columns became a forum for a critical engagement with the conservative narratives of the male-dominated public sphere. This book questions why their legacies have been marginalised in traditional literary histories and aims to restore their rightful place in Brazil's cultural memory. By presenting a nuanced analysis of these silenced voices, it challenges the persistent myth that women's writing was limited to the 'small press'. A vital reassessment of press history, this book demands a more inclusive understanding of Brazil's journalistic and intellectual heritage, one that properly recognises women as active participants in shaping the Brazilian literary system.
This book examines the groundbreaking contributions of Maria Amália de Carvalho, Júlia Lopes de Almeida, Emília Moncorvo Bandeira de Melo (pseudonym Carmen Dolores), and Maria Benedita Câmara Bormann (pseudonym Délia) in Brazil's mainstream press, focusing on their writings published in the influential newspaper O País between 1884 and 1912. Employing psychoanalysis, gender studies, media theory and literary criticism, the chapters in this book explore how these four writers cultivated a collective intellectual network and how their columns became a forum for a critical engagement with the conservative narratives of the male-dominated public sphere. This book questions why their legacies have been marginalised in traditional literary histories and aims to restore their rightful place in Brazil's cultural memory. By presenting a nuanced analysis of these silenced voices, it challenges the persistent myth that women's writing was limited to the 'small press'. A vital reassessment of press history, this book demands a more inclusive understanding of Brazil's journalistic and intellectual heritage, one that properly recognises women as active participants in shaping the Brazilian literary system.
Price: $29.99
Pages: 194
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Inc.
Imprint: Tamesis Books
Publication Date:
07 July 2026
Trim Size: 9.21 X 6.14 in
ISBN: 9781855664920
Format: Paperback
BISACs:
LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, LITERARY CRITICISM / Caribbean & Latin American, LITERARY CRITICISM / Women Authors, HISTORY / Social History, HISTORY / Women, HISTORY / Latin America / South America, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Gender studies: women and girls, Social and cultural history, History of the Americas
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List of Contributors
Introduction: The Collaborative Legacy of Women Writers in the Brazilian Belle Époque Press: The case of O País (1884-1932) - Ana Cláudia Suriani da Silva (UCL) and Tania Regina de Luca (Unesp/CNPq)
1. Maria Amália Vaz de Carvalho: Cultural Mediator between Portugal and Brazil - Tania Regina de Luca (Unesp/CNPq)
2. Délia's Short Stories and the Forbidden Passions - Alexandro Henrique Paixão (Unicamp) and Ana Cláudia Suriani da Silva (UCL)
3. Júlia Lopes de Almeida's Fashion Column in O País (1892-1901) - Ana Cláudia Suriani da Silva (UCL)
4. Pressures and Conflicts in Júlia Lopes de Almeida's Chronicles - Milena Ribeiro Martins (UFPR/Capes)
5. The Struggles of Carmen Dolores - Álvaro Santos Simões Junior (Unesp)
List of Contributors
Introduction: The Collaborative Legacy of Women Writers in the Brazilian Belle Époque Press: The case of O País (1884-1932) - Ana Cláudia Suriani da Silva (UCL) and Tania Regina de Luca (Unesp/CNPq)
1. Maria Amália Vaz de Carvalho: Cultural Mediator between Portugal and Brazil - Tania Regina de Luca (Unesp/CNPq)
2. Délia's Short Stories and the Forbidden Passions - Alexandro Henrique Paixão (Unicamp) and Ana Cláudia Suriani da Silva (UCL)
3. Júlia Lopes de Almeida's Fashion Column in O País (1892-1901) - Ana Cláudia Suriani da Silva (UCL)
4. Pressures and Conflicts in Júlia Lopes de Almeida's Chronicles - Milena Ribeiro Martins (UFPR/Capes)
5. The Struggles of Carmen Dolores - Álvaro Santos Simões Junior (Unesp)