Sequeiros, Paula and Passos, Sónia The Feminine Reading Room: a separate space for women in a Portuguese public library. . Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries, 2012, n. 2, pp. 163-175. [Journal article (Paginated)]
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English abstract
A quasi-fictional narrative, is constructed from the public event of the inauguration of the Feminine Reading Room in Porto Municipal Public Library, in 1945, based upon historical and sociological research. Biographical and historical data are crossed with those from literature, photography, and interviews to rebuild a holistic context of events within the frame of a qualitative approach, aiming to understand the significance of the use of such semi-public spaces by women. The invisibilisation of the presence of women is interpreted on the basis of women's status, shaped, in its turn, by local and historical situations. This case illustrates how separate, women-only spaces contributed to processes of women's appropriation of public space.
Item type: | Journal article (Paginated) |
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Keywords: | public libraries; public space; women; gendered spaces; Portugal; bibliotecas públicas; espaço público; espaços segregados; mulheres; cidade do Porto |
Subjects: | B. Information use and sociology of information C. Users, literacy and reading. > CC. User categories: children, young people, social groups. D. Libraries as physical collections. > DC. Public libraries. |
Depositing user: | Ana Paula Sequeiros |
Date deposited: | 21 Feb 2013 09:22 |
Last modified: | 02 Oct 2014 12:25 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10760/18632 |
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