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Content: Kraay traces the social, cultural, and political history of the Brazilian empire (1822-89) through the official and popular celebrations on the days of national festivity (holidays) instituted soon after independence in 1822. The focus is on Rio de Janeiro, Brazil's largest city and national capital. As Latin America's only long-lasting monarchy, Brazil's civic ritual drew on many old-regime forms, but married them to modern elements such as the 1824 constitution. This book analyses the changing debate about the political institutions (independent empire, monarchy, and constitution) celebrated year after year.

Additional Edition: Print version ISBN 9780804785266

Language: English

URL: Stanford scholarship online

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Format: 1 online resource : , illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white)

Edition: 1st ed.

ISBN: 0-8047-8610-0

Content: Official and popular celebrations marked the Brazilian empire's days of national festivity, and these civic rituals were the occasion for often intense debate about the imperial regime. Hendrik Kraay explores the patterns of commemoration in the capital of Rio de Janeiro, the meanings of the principal institutions of the constitutional monarchy established in 1822–24 (which were celebrated on days of national festivity), and the challenges to the imperial regime that took place during the festivities. While officialdom and the narrow elite sought to control civic rituals, the urban lower classes took an active part in them, although their popular festivities were not always welcomed by the elite. Days of National Festivity is the first book to provide a systematic analysis of civic ritual in a Latin American country over a long period of time—and in doing so, it offers new perspectives on the Brazilian empire, elite and popular politics, and urban culture.

Note: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph , Front matter -- , Contents -- , Map, Table, and Figures -- , Currency, Orthography, Names, Pseudonyms, and Note Conventions -- , Acknowledgments -- , Introduction -- , Chapter One. Constructing the Monarchy, 1823–1829 -- , Chapter Two. The Radical Challenge, 1830–1837 -- , Chapter Three. Monarchical Reaction, 1837–1841 -- , Chapter Four. Official Festivities and Politics, 1841–1864 -- , Chapter Five. The Equestrian Statue of Pedro I, 1862 -- , Chapter Six. Patriots on the Streets and at Home, 1840's–1860's -- , Chapter Seven. The Empire on Stage, 1820's–1864 -- , Chapter Eight. War, Patriotism, and Politics, 1865–1870 -- , Chapter Nine. Questioning Official Ritual, 1870's–1880's -- , Chapter Ten. Popular Patriots and Abolitionists, 1870–1889 -- , Epilogue. Republican Innovations in the 1890's -- , Conclusion -- , Abbreviations Used in the Notes -- , Notes -- , Bibliography -- , Index , English

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-8047-8526-0

Language: English

DOI: 10.1515/9780804786102