Education and the female condition in a treatise by Alexandre de Gusmão written in the Portuguese America in the late 17th century
Fernando Ripe,
Giana Lange do Amaral
Abstract:In this paper we present an analysis of the discourses about education and the female condition present in the work Arte de crear bem os filhos na Idade da Puericia [Art of raising children well at the age of childhood]. Written in the Portuguese America, but initially published in Portugal in 1685, the work by the Jesuit priest Alexandre de Gusmão (1629-1724) assigned its last chapter, “Of the special care that must be taken in raising girls”, to address the warnings necessary for the good upbringing of girls… Show more
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