Marcia Esteves Agostinho
Biographic Data
| ID | 6441235 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marcia Esteves Agostinho |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marcia Esteves |
| FAMILY NAME | Agostinho |
| SIGNATURE | AGOSTINHO M E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Rochester |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6425-3304 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
What Difference Gender Makes
Like in most places around the world, childbirth assistance in Brazil was traditionally performed by women. In 1832, however, a law was passed requiring a license for the exercise of medicine, pharmacy, and midwifery. That event marked the differentiation between the traditional and the modern kind of childbirth assistants, leading to an increasing process of medicalization of birth. Hence, the historiography on the subject has pointed out the ap…
Black American Colonization in the Brazilian Amazon
In the 1860s, when post-emancipation debates reached transnational significance, Brazil and the United States were the only two countries in the Americas where slavery was still legal. While Brazil was recognized as a place where “colour is no obstacle to advancement” (CHRISTIE, 1865, 78), the United States witnessed the emergence of the belief that “the races cannot live together in a state of freedom” (WEBB, 1853). Considering that context, the…
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Black American Colonization in the Brazilian Amazon
In the 1860s, when post-emancipation debates reached transnational significance, Brazil and the United States were the only two countries in the Americas where slavery was still legal. While Brazil was recognized as a place where “colour is no obstacle to advancement” (CHRISTIE, 1865, 78), the United States witnessed the emergence of the belief that “the races cannot live together in a state of freedom” (WEBB, 1853). Considering that context, the…
What Difference Gender Makes
Like in most places around the world, childbirth assistance in Brazil was traditionally performed by women. In 1832, however, a law was passed requiring a license for the exercise of medicine, pharmacy, and midwifery. That event marked the differentiation between the traditional and the modern kind of childbirth assistants, leading to an increasing process of medicalization of birth. Hence, the historiography on the subject has pointed out the ap…
Gender Studies (2 works) · Historiography (2 works) · History (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Amazon rainforest (1 work) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (1 work) · Appropriation (1 work) · Archaeology (1 work)