Beatriz da Conceição de Ataíde Lobo e Faria: A Rosary of Stories for the Column «Readings for Ladies»
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.22355/exaequo.2019.39.07Keywords:
A Vida, O Heraldo, O Académico, short-stories, women education, A Vida; O Heraldo; O Académico; short-storiesAbstract
Beatriz da Conceição de Ataíde Lobo e Faria: A Rosary of Stories for the Column “Readings for Ladies”
This article analyses the short stories in Portuguese of the Goan author Beatriz da Conceição de Ataíde Lobo e Faria (1913-1994), which were published in the column for women in the Goan newspapers A Vida, O Heraldo and O Académico. The main argument is that, in these stories, Lobo e Faria makes clear the need for women to be educated not for their emancipation, but to become true companions for their husbands and mothers who could play a decisive role in the education of their children. However, if, when educating a family, a woman educates a nation, according to the beliefs of the time, the ultimate goal of Lobo e Faria´s moral short-stories was to raise social and political awareness in Goan society.
