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Data publikacji: 14.12.2023
Studia Judaica, 2023, Nr 2 (52), s. 375 - 400
https://doi.org/10.4467/24500100STJ.23.016.18942Autorzy
“There are no secrets here”: Sex and Scandal in the Streets of Curaçao
This article challenges the assumptions about what spaces were actually private in the late early modern colonial world. Centered on a case of adultery amongst the Sephardic Jewish community of Curaçao in the late eighteenth century, this piece looks at the entangled lives of enslaved people, Dutch colonial officials, free people of color, Protestants, Catholics, and Jews. Gossip, private information transition, and the architecture and town planning of Willemstad, Curaçao, are integral to this story of community norms, legal systems, and colonial spaces.
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Informacje: Studia Judaica, 2023, Nr 2 (52), s. 375 - 400
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“There are no secrets here”: Sex and Scandal in the Streets of Curaçao
“There are no secrets here”: Sex and Scandal in the Streets of Curaçao
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Holandia
Publikacja: 14.12.2023
Status artykułu: Otwarte
Licencja: CC BY
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