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Book SynopsisIntroduces 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.
Trade ReviewAn excellent introduction to nineteenth-century Brazilian newspapers." —Elizabeth Anne Kuznesof, author of
Household Economy and Urban Development: Sᾶo Paulo, 1765 to 1836 "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, 1835-1945Table of ContentsList of Illustrations
Preface
Abbreviations
Note on Currency and Orthography
Introduction: From Colonial Gazettes to the "Largest Circulation in South America"
Hendrik Kraay, Celso Thomas Castilho, Teresa Cribelli
Chapter One. The "Print Arena": Press, Politics, and the Public Sphere, 1822-1840
Marcello Basile
Chapter Two. "Adapted to Our Customs and Dictated by Our Interests": The Press and the African Slave Trade, 1831-1840
Alain El Youssef
Chapter Three. Printers, Typographers, and Readers: Slavery and Print Culture
Rodrigo Camargo de Godoi
Chapter Four. Outbreaks, Shares, and Contracts: The Press and the Migrant Trade
José Juan Pérez Meléndez
Chapter Five. Fictionalizing
CrÔnicas: Transformations of an Article Genre
Ludmila de Souza Maia
Chapter Six. "FOR RENT" and "FOR SALE": Newspapers, Advertising, Property, and Markets in Rio de Janeiro, 1820s-1890s
Matthew Nestler and Zephyr Frank
Chapter Seven. Much More Than Images: Visual Culture and the Public Sphere in Illustrated Satirical Magazines
Arnaldo Lucas Pires Junior
Chapter Eight. To "Judge the State of This Province": Correspondence to Rio de Janeiro Newspapers from Bahia, 1868
Hendrik Kraay
Chapter Nine.
Apedidos and Public Discourse: Paid Letters and Articles in the
Jornal do Commercio, 1870
Teresa Cribelli
Chapter Ten. The Sun Rises in the North: Brazilian Periodicals Published in the United States in the 1870s
Roberto Saba
Chapter Eleven. A "Gallery of Illustrious Men of Color": Recife's
O Homem, the Black Press, and Transatlantic Literary Genres
Celso Thomas Castilho
Bibliography
List of Contributors
Index
