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THE EMPEROR'S BEARD: DOM PEDRO II AND HIS TROPICAL MONARCHY IN BRAZIL By Lilia Moritz Schwarcz - Hardcover.

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How Brazil created a European-style monarchy in the New World--and why its influence has endured In the early nineteenth century, when the rest of Latin America was in a tumult of revolutions that established republics throughout the continent. Brazilians celebrated Dom Pedro II as their emperor and rightful leader. Paradoxically, this quasi-European royal figure--son of the king who had sought refuge in Rio de Janeiro from the Napoleanic armies conquering Portugal--came to symbolize much of what was modern and specifically Brazilian about his people. And when in 1889 Pedro fled into exile and Brazil, too, became a republic, many of the symbols of his royal power were incorporated into new structures of meaning in the new Brazil. Why was this so? Lilia Moritz Schwarcz's innovative, exciting work blends politics, anthropology, cultural studies, and art history to show how this strange amalgam of European monarchy and New World innovation was invented and sustained. The Emperor's Beard explores the world of Dom Pedro's court--its rituals, icons, racial features, art, and politics--and delineates for us the means and processes whereby the Brazilian empire took shape. Indeed, as Schwarz shows, the social and political meaning of Dom Pedro's court continues to affect the Brazilian imagination today. This is a scintillating, surprising work of real historical and cultural importance.

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Publisher
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
ISBN-10
0809042193
ISBN-13
9780809042197
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1814085

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Book Title
Emperor's Beard : Dom Pedro II and the Tropical Monarchy of Brazil
Author
Lilia Moritz Schwarcz
Original Language
Portuguese
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Latin America / South America
Publication Year
2004
Genre
History, Social Science
Number of Pages
464 Pages

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Item Length
9in
Item Height
1.4in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
30.5 Oz

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Lc Classification Number
F2536.P37s3913 2003
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"A balanced mixture, in which a historical essay is blended with a biography of the ruler and a pinch of the very French histoire des mentalites, to reveal the interior workings and purposes of Brazil's imperial government from its consolidation to its apogee and fall . . . Schwarcz's approach is both original and revealing." --Mario Pereira, Diario Catarinense "A biography that turns the tables . . . Superb . . . Schwarcz writes with a journalist's verve, to which she adds a scholar's thoroughness and a picture researcher's flair for assembling an array of paintings and photographs of the Emperor, never previously published." --Jose Carlos Fernandes, Gazeta de Povo "A very welcome addition to the bookshelf . . . Schwarcz reconstructs the monarchy of [Pedro II] with a wealth of detail [about] the architecture of the imperial palaces, the mix of European ritual with Brazilian custom, the festivities, [and] the part the emperor played in the life of the newly independent country." --Grace Perpetuo, Jornal de Brasilia
Copyright Date
2003
Lccn
2002-038839
Dewey Decimal
981/.04/092 B
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes

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This book gives a complete and equilibrated account of Brazil’s second and last emperor who was one of the most important personalities of his century. The book is a mixture of the emperor’s private and public life and his role in the formation of a young nation called Brazil. Mrs. Schwarcz once more proves her ability to write about Brazil’s most important personality. The book is written in such a way that once you start reading you don’t want to stop until finishing the last page.

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