Women and children on board—the case of the Carreira Da India in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries

• Tipo: Capítulo ou Parte de Livro
• Data: 2023

Autores

Polónia, Amélia (Autor) FLUP; Capelão, Rosa (Autor) Outra

Livro

Título: Privacy at sea: practices, spaces, and communication in maritime history

Páginas: 41-76

ISBN: 978-3-031-35846-3 (hbk); 978-3-031-35849-4 (pbk)

ISBN Eletrónico: 978-3-031-35847-0

Editora: Palgrave Macmillan

Outras Informações

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-35847-0_3

Abstract (EN): This chapter explores the presence of women and children on board ships in the Carreira da India between Lisbon and the city of Goa in India via the Cape Route. In the few possible moments of solitude and isolation on these maritime routes, privacy implied control of behaviours and interactions. Depending on how this control was carried out, privacy could be seen as an impossibility, a threat, or something to be encouraged, also reflecting the tensions between state and individual goals. On the other hand, with the search for invisibility and anonymity, privacy also forced selective control of information. Following these notions of privacy, the chapter dissects the perception of privacy by women and children and how they responded and adapted to the daily circumstances on board.

Idioma: Inglês

Tipo (Avaliação Docente): Científica