Brazilian Women Speak: Contemporary Life Stories

By Daphne Patai

Book Overview

Twenty Brazilian women, including domestic servants, secretaries, nuns, hairdressers, prostitutes, schoolgirls, and entrepreneurs, discuss their lives.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813513014
• ISBN13: 9780813513010
• Release Date: September 1988
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Accessible and enriching

This book suits academic, public, and personal libraries. Daphne Patai provides ample space for each woman to speak her life. One grows in empathy and clarity as each woman reveals her poignancy. I feel blessed to have read this work.