A Status of Her Own
Women and Family Identities in Seventeenth-Century Aveiro, Portugal
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6080351 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Darlene Abreu-Ferreira (History Department at the University of Winnipeg, Canada, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 3-24 |
| Publication date | 2009-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Family History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0363-1990 • E-ISSN: 1552-5473 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0363199008328004 |
| PMID | 19244838 |
| OpenAlex | W2146884039 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 3 |
Through the examination of a set of baptismal records from Aveiro, a coastal town between Lisbon and Porto in northern Portugal, this study explores the ways in which women were identified in relation to their families and community, and in relation to their economic occupations. The findings show that of the approximate 2,600 names of parents and godparents who were noted in the parish registers in the years between 1624 and 1638, the vast majority of them were not provided with a work label. Yet, the inconsistent manner in which women and men were identified suggests that what the church scribe deemed worthy of note did not necessarily reflect the views of the broader community. Although officialdom generally relegated women to their marital or family links, it was possible for a woman to acquire an occupational status of her own
Developed country · Ethnology · Genealogy · Historical demography · Marital status · Population · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Demography · Early Modern Women Writers · Gender Studies · Historical Economic and Social Studies · History
| Citations per year | 0.14 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2019 - 2019 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |