Jessica O’leary
Biographic Data
| ID | 3990901 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jessica O’leary |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jessica |
| FAMILY NAME | O’leary |
| SIGNATURE | O’LEARY J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Monash University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Introduction
This introduction to the special issue ‘Women’s and Gender History in the Iberian Worlds: Global Knowledge Production’ argues that recovering women’s experiences of Iberian empires requires three interconnected methodological shifts. First, we must confront archival silences not as absences but as active productions of patriarchal and imperial power, requiring sensitive analysis that moves beyond traditional sources. Second, we advocate for a glo…
Don't call it magic
This article examines the lives of Mónica and Íria, two Indigenous women who navigated Portuguese colonial society and the Inquisition. Despite limited records, their stories offer insights into how women preserved, transmitted, and defended Indigenous knowledges in colonial settings in West Africa and Brazil. Mónica and Íria’s actions, from seeking Indigenous healers to participating in native spiritual practices, reveal the agency they exercise…
The Uprooting of Indigenous Women's Horticultural Practices in Brazil, 1500-1650
In the land now known as Brazil, Indigenous women were responsible for cultivating and preparing a tuberous root called mandioca (cassava). Following the arrival of Europeans in 1500, mandioca replaced wheat bread to become the staple carbohydrate in settlers' diets. Travellers' accounts between 1500 and 1550 describe how Indigenous women taught settlers to prepare the tubers for consumption through the use of special tools and processes of soaki…
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The Uprooting of Indigenous Women's Horticultural Practices in Brazil, 1500-1650
In the land now known as Brazil, Indigenous women were responsible for cultivating and preparing a tuberous root called mandioca (cassava). Following the arrival of Europeans in 1500, mandioca replaced wheat bread to become the staple carbohydrate in settlers' diets. Travellers' accounts between 1500 and 1550 describe how Indigenous women taught settlers to prepare the tubers for consumption through the use of special tools and processes of soaki…
Introduction
This introduction to the special issue ‘Women’s and Gender History in the Iberian Worlds: Global Knowledge Production’ argues that recovering women’s experiences of Iberian empires requires three interconnected methodological shifts. First, we must confront archival silences not as absences but as active productions of patriarchal and imperial power, requiring sensitive analysis that moves beyond traditional sources. Second, we advocate for a glo…
Don't call it magic
This article examines the lives of Mónica and Íria, two Indigenous women who navigated Portuguese colonial society and the Inquisition. Despite limited records, their stories offer insights into how women preserved, transmitted, and defended Indigenous knowledges in colonial settings in West Africa and Brazil. Mónica and Íria’s actions, from seeking Indigenous healers to participating in native spiritual practices, reveal the agency they exercise…
History (3 works) · Colonialism, slavery, and trade (2 works) · Ethnology (2 works) · Indigenous (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Anthropology (1 works) · Archaeology (1 works) · Biology (1 works) · Colonialism (1 works) · Computer Science (1 works)