Press, Power, and Culture in Imperial Brazil
Hendrik Kraay editor Teresa Cribelli editor Celso Thomas Castilho editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:University of New Mexico Press
Published:30th Apr '21
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
Press, Power, and Culture in Imperial Brazil introduces recent Brazilian scholarship to English-language readers, providing fresh perspectives on newspaper and periodical culture in the Brazilian empire from 1822 to 1889. Through a multifaceted exploration of the periodical press, contributors to this volume offer new insights into the workings of Brazilian power, culture, and public life. Collectively arguing that newspapers are contested projects rather than stable recordings of daily life, individual chapters demonstrate how the periodical press played a prominent role in creating and contesting hierarchies of race, gender, class, and culture. Contributors challenge traditional views of newspapers and magazines as mechanisms of state- and nation-building. Rather, the scholars in this volume view them as integral to current debates over the nature of Brazil. Including perspectives from Brazil's leading scholars of the periodical press, this volume will be the starting point for future scholarship on print culture for years to come.
This volume gathers a dynamic and original collection of essays that shed new light on how Brazilians of all backgrounds used the press to participate in public debates."--Oscar de la Torre, author of The People of the River: Nature and Identity in Black Amazonia, 1835-1945
"An excellent introduction to nineteenth-century Brazilian newspapers."--Elizabeth Anne Kuznesof, author of Household Economy and Urban Development: Sᾶo Paulo, 1765 to 1836
ISBN: 9780826362278
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 600g
304 pages