The Spectacle of the Races: Scientists, Institutions, and the Race Question in Brazil, 1870-1930 - Hardcover

Schwarcz, Lilia Moritz

 
9780809087891: The Spectacle of the Races: Scientists, Institutions, and the Race Question in Brazil, 1870-1930

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Schwarcz (history and anthropology, U. of Sao Paulo) explores how racial theories seemed to offer a legitimate way to explain both local problems and the difficulty of creating a new nation in the recent aftermath of the abolition of slavery and independence from Portugal. She shows how Brazil's intellectual elite borrowed models from Europe and advanced them in an attempt to protect the country's rigid social hierarchy. The original O Espetßculo das Racas was published by Companhia das Letras in 1993. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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Lilia Schwarcz is a sociologist at the University of São Paulo, Brazil. This is her first book.

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