The stable and constitutional monarchy in the tropics: images of Brazil in the United States in the book Brazil and the Brazilians - and descriptivist portrayed in historical sketches of Kidder and Fletcher

• Grant number: 10/14137-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: March 01, 2011
• End date: February 28, 2013
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - History - History of America
• Principal Investigator: Mary Anne Junqueira
• Grantee: Débora Villela de Oliveira
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The paper analyzes the successful book entitled: The Brazil and The Brazilians - portrayed in Historical and Descriptive Sketches, Daniel Parish Kidder and James Cooley Fletcher, first published in 1857, the United States. It seeks to understand the images drawn on Brazil, from the perspectives of Post Colonial Criticism and the New Cultural History.Furthermore, the investigation will also look at approaches on understanding the book as object and its circulation since the book had nine editions between 1857 and 1879, demonstrating the existence of a public interest by the U.S. about our country. (AU)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

OLIVEIRA, Débora Villela de. The \solid and stable\ monarchy in the tropics: Images of Brazil and Brazilians in the book Brazil and the Brazilians Portrayed in Historical and Descriptive Sketches, by Kidder and Fletcher, 1857. 2013. Master's Dissertation - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH/SBD) São Paulo.