Women Writing Portuguese Colonialism in Africa

Ana Paula Ferreira is a Professor of Portuguese Studies in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies at the University of Minnesota.

• IntroductionChapter 1: Women’s Education, Nation and Late EmpireChapter 2: Colonial Literature and Women: Variations on a ThemeChapter 3: ‘Making Empire Respectable’ Between Miscegenation and LusotropicalismChapter 4: The Coloniality of Gender and the Colonial WarChapter 5: Lusotropicalist Entanglements in the Post-colonial MetropolisConclusion

'Ana Paula Ferreira's book is a hard-hitting work which covers the writing of several Portuguese women, from the late 19th century to the 21st century, setting them in the context of the different political situations in Portugal throughout this period. This broad overview, which relates the work of several female authors, demonstrates the relevant contribution of the writing of a group of women who, each in their own way, became involved in the main debates of their time, leaving a testimony of those times through their writing. [...] The book makes a solid connection to the present day by pointing out another rendering of the guardanos' various contributions of writing by Portuguese women, who have always commented on the tensions and silencing of their society.' Translated from Portugese: 'O livro de Ana Paula Ferreira é uma obra de fôlego que percorre a escrita de várias mulheres portuguesas, desde finais do século XIX até ao século XXI, enquadrando-as nas diferentes conjunturas políticas de Portugal ao longo deste período. Esta visão ampla, que relaciona o trabalho de várias autoras, conseguedemonstrar o relevante contributo da escrita de um conjunto de mulheres que, cada qual a seu modo, se envolveunos principais debates da sua época, deixando através da escrita um testemunho desses mesmos tempos. [...] O livro faz uma sólida ligação à atualidade apontando mais um render da guardanos vários contributos da escrita por mulheres portuguesas, que sempre comentaram as tensões e silenciamentos da sua sociedade.' Joana Passos, Diacrítica