The "sexual intoxication" of the new world: sexuality and permissiveness in the book Casa-Grande & Senzala
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https://doi.org/10.5433/2176-6665.2003v8n2p171Keywords:
Race mixing, Sexuality, Permissivism, PatriarchalismAbstract
This is an article about the construction of sexuality in Brazil, based on the analysis of the book "Casa Grande & Senzala", by Gilberto Freyre. The main theme of this work is the contribution of the mixing movement of the three main races that created the Brazilian population, and also the contribution of the Portuguese colonization process to the creation of a structure of sexuality based on permissive aspects, some times, and on a patriarchal model in other moments. I also analyse how some aspects of that sexuality (permissive/patriarchal) were kept and are still present in the Brazilian society nowadays.Downloads
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