| A Tropical Belle Epoque: Elite Culture and Society in Turn-Of-The-Century Rio de Janeiro Contributor(s): Needell, Jeffrey D. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521126010 ISBN-13: 9780521126014 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $44.64 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Latin America - General |
| Dewey: 305.520 |
| Series: Cambridge Latin American Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.83" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.04 lbs) 372 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Latin America |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book, originally published in 1987, is a socio-cultural analysis of a tropical belle epoque: Rio de Janeiro between 1898 and 1914. It relates how the city's elite evolved from the semi-rural, slave-owning patriarchy of the coffee-port seat of a monarchy into an urbane, professional, rentier upper crust dominating the centre of a 'modernising' oligarchical republic. It explores such varied topics as architecture, literature, prostitution, urban reform, the family, secondary schools, and the salon. It evokes a milieu increasingly marked by Europe, demonstrating how French and English culture permeated the lives of elite members who adapted it to their needs and perspectives as a dominant stratum of relatively recent and varied origin. This exploration of cultural 'dependency' in a unique, cosmopolitan, fin-de-siecle urban culture will also interest those concerned with the broader questions of culture and colonialism during the high tide of European imperialism. |