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| Author(s): |
Marcelo Rosanova Ferraro
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | São Paulo. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH/SBD) |
| Defense date: | 2017-04-07 |
| Examining board members: |
Rafael de Bivar Marquese;
Paulo César Garcez Marins;
Mariana de Aguiar Ferreira Muaze
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| Advisor: | Rafael de Bivar Marquese |
| Abstract | |
This dissertation analyzes the production of space and landscape in Vassouras, Brazil, in the nineteenth century. Since Vassouras was the center of both the coffee economy and the Conservative Party in the Province of Rio de Janeiro, the city was an important social space, where the political and judicial institutions of the Imperial state were built. Both private residences and public buildings were elements of political strategies of the richest and most powerful families, as monuments to their class identity and their connections to the monarchy and the Empire. The local political and judicial systems were primarily concerned with the maintenance and defense of the slave trade and slavery. Vassouras was created out of the uneven social struggle between public authorities, slaveholders and slaves. The slaveholders prevailed and their interests are reflected in the landscape and memory of the Parahyba Valley, where cabins remained in the shadows of palaces, complementary faces of the architecture of slavery. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 14/09898-2 - Manorial architecture in the coffee cities: Parahyba Calley, nineteenth century |
| Grantee: | Marcelo Rosanova Ferraro |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Master |