Maria Boa: Women, Prostitution, and the Queer Subject in Northeastern Brazil
Known as "Maria Boa," the renowned cabaré owner and sex worker of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Maria de Oliveira Barros emerges in many local cultural productions. This article follows her navigation and negotiation of a complex nexus of race, class, gender, and sexual relations in the mid-...
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| Language: | English |
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American Portuguese Studies Association (APSA)
2019-06-01
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| Series: | Journal of Lusophone Studies |
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| Online Access: | https://jls.apsa.us/index.php/jls/article/view/308 |