The Emergence of a ‘New Orthodoxy’: public debates on women's capacities and education in Portugal, 1880‐1910 |
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Authors: | Helena C Araújo |
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Institution: | University of Oporto, Faculty of Education , Portugal |
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Abstract: | The paper examines the emergence of the new definitions of women's position which constituted a ‘new orthodoxy’ at the turn of the nineteenth century in Portugal. ‘Women's nature’ and the ‘aims of women's education’ were the most debated issues. Different ideological positions were identified. The examination of these debates and of the emerging ‘new orthodoxy’ illustrates women's transition from ‘private’ forms of patriarchy to ‘public’ forms of patriarchy. It also demonstrates that this transition became an arena of contestation and negotiation, in the specific conditions of Portuguese society. |
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