MACAO WOMEN IN HISTORY AND IN FICTION歷史與小說中的澳門婦女
The article analyzes the representation of women in Macau’s history and fiction, arguing that local literature—particularly novels and short stories—can offer alternative models of public and semi-public figuration, distinct from the male protagonists consecrated by Macanese narrative. The author pr...
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| author | Maria Antónia Espadinha |
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| description | The article analyzes the representation of women in Macau’s history and fiction, arguing that local literature—particularly novels and short stories—can offer alternative models of public and semi-public figuration, distinct from the male protagonists consecrated by Macanese narrative. The author proposes a comparative reading that intersects the historical plausibility of characters with the presence of social, geographical, and anthropological mediations in the construction of the plot. The central argument is that, although female characters frequently appear as “almost real”—with common names and insertion into historically plausible societies—the contrast remains open between Macau’s historical richness and the lesser production of historical novels in Portuguese that recover pre-colonial facts and identities through fiction.
Methodologically, the text articulates gender studies and literary analysis, examining particularly the work of Deolinda da Conceição and Henrique de Senna Fernandes, considered relevant for understanding the gallery of situations experienced by women of the Chinese community and the historical-social density conferred upon their narrative worlds. It concludes that, even when not materializing as a “historical novel” in the strict sense, literature evidences close relations with history, functioning as a sociological resource to reconstitute female experiences in Macau, especially during the early twentieth century. |
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| spelling | MACAO WOMEN IN HISTORY AND IN FICTION歷史與小說中的澳門婦女 The article analyzes the representation of women in Macau’s history and fiction, arguing that local literature—particularly novels and short stories—can offer alternative models of public and semi-public figuration, distinct from the male protagonists consecrated by Macanese narrative. The author proposes a comparative reading that intersects the historical plausibility of characters with the presence of social, geographical, and anthropological mediations in the construction of the plot. The central argument is that, although female characters frequently appear as “almost real”—with common names and insertion into historically plausible societies—the contrast remains open between Macau’s historical richness and the lesser production of historical novels in Portuguese that recover pre-colonial facts and identities through fiction. Methodologically, the text articulates gender studies and literary analysis, examining particularly the work of Deolinda da Conceição and Henrique de Senna Fernandes, considered relevant for understanding the gallery of situations experienced by women of the Chinese community and the historical-social density conferred upon their narrative worlds. It concludes that, even when not materializing as a “historical novel” in the strict sense, literature evidences close relations with history, functioning as a sociological resource to reconstitute female experiences in Macau, especially during the early twentieth century. Instituto Cultural de Macau Macau Review of Culture Articles 2017 Maria Antónia Espadinha |
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| title_short | MACAO WOMEN IN HISTORY AND IN FICTION歷史與小說中的澳門婦女 |
| title_sort | macao women in history and in fiction歷史與小說中的澳門婦女 |
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