Chica Da Silva: A Brazilian Slave Of The Eighteenth Century by Junia Ferreira (Professor) Furtado - 9780521884655

A fascinating study of Chica da Silva, a freed woman of color in a Brazilian town. Her story reveals the world she inhabited, and the myths that were later created around her. She came to symbolise both racial democracy, and the stereotypes attributed to the Brazilian black or mulatta female.

• | By (Author): Junia Ferreira (Professor) Furtado
• | Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• | Publication Date: Dec 08, 2008
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 348 pages
• | Language: Not Available
• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-10: 0521884659
• | ISBN-13: 9780521884655