Entre fotografias e imaginário colonial: os padrões de visualidade das mulheres da Guiné "Portuguesa" (1930-1973).

Abstract

This dissertation intends to reflect on visual patterns about the representations of Guinean women, created by Portuguese colonial imaginary from pictures taken during 1930-1973. All pictures were collected from multiples sources such as newspapers (i.e. Jornal Acção Colonial, Boletim do Ultramar, and Revista Ilustração), the scientific journal Boletim Cultural da Guiné Portuguesa, the book Raças do Império, and postcards. Here, I discuss the signification systems promoted by the Portuguese colonial imaginary based on feminine representations, especially the appropriation of the idea about body as a social marker in this colonial reality.