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The Joys and Disappointments of a German Governess in Imperial Brazil - Ina von Binzer

The Joys and Disappointments of a German Governess in Imperial Brazil

(Autor)

Linda Lewin (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover
262 Seiten
2022
University of Notre Dame Press (Verlag)
978-0-268-20177-7 (ISBN)
CHF 82,90 inkl. MwSt
This complex account by a German governess examines households, families, and slavery in Brazil, and bears witness to how “the world the slaveholders made” would soon collapse.


Ina von Binzer’s letters, published in German in 1887 and translated into English for this book, offer a rare view of three very different elite family households during the twilight years of Brazil’s Second Empire. Her woman’s gaze contrasts markedly with other contributions to the contemporary travel literature on Brazil that were nearly entirely written by men. Although von Binzer covers a multitude of topics—ranging from the management of households and plantations, the behavior of slaves and slaveowners, and the agricultural production of coffee and sugar to examinations of family relations, childrearing, culinary repertoires, and life on the street—the common theme running through her letters is the dawning perception that the world the slaveholders made could not long endure. She delves into the inevitable arrival of abolition as a national issue and a nascent movement—a destiny that her employers could no longer ignore. In recounting her conversations with them, she offers her own insights into their opinions and behaviors that make for a fascinating insider’s view of a world about to disappear. Von Binzer’s letters are prefaced by a valuable historical introduction that surveys the contexts of slavery’s slow demise after 1850 and offers new biographical research on von Binzer and the prominent families who employed her. A map of her travels together with dozens of photographs contemporary with her residence in Brazil provide visual documentation complementary to her letters.

Ina von Binzer (1855–1929) was a German writer who worked as a governess in Brazil from 1881 to 1883. She was the author of several novels, a children’s book, and a number of articles and essays. Her letters have been translated into Brazilian Portuguese as Os meus romanos. Linda Lewin is professor emerita of history at UC Berkeley and author of the two-volume Surprise Heirs. Gabriel Trop is associate professor of German in the Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

Illustrations List


Acknowledgments


Note on the Monetary Unit of the Brazilian Empire


Introduction by Linda Lewin


Ina von Binzer's Letters:


1. 27 May 1881 Fazenda São Francisco


2. June 1881 Fazenda São Francisco


3. 20 June 1881 Fazenda São Francisco


4. 11 July 1881 Fazenda São Francisco


5. 25 July 1881 Fazenda São Francisco


6. 14 August 1881 Fazenda São Francisco


7. 1 September 1881 Fazenda São Francisco


8. 17 September 1881 Fazenda São Francisco


9. 5 October 1881 Fazenda São Francisco


10. 22 October 1881 Fazenda São Francisco


11. 3 December 1881 Fazenda São Francisco


12. 24 December 1881 Fazenda São Francisco


13. 15 January 1882 Petrópolis


14. 8 February 1882 Petrópolis


15. 12 February 1882 Rio de Janeiro


16. 17 February 1882 Rio de Janeiro


17. 21 February 1882 Rio de Janeiro


18. 2 March 1882 Rio de Janeiro


19. 20 March 1882 São Paulo


20. 5 April 1882 São Paulo


21. 21 April 1882 São Paulo


22. 5 May 1882 São Paulo


23. 29 May 1882 São Paulo


24. 25 June 1882 São Paulo


25. 28 June 1882 São Paulo


26. 1 July 1882 São Paulo


27. 11 July 1882 Fazenda São Sebastião


28. 19 July 1882 Fazenda São Sebastião


29. 28 July 1882 Fazenda São Sebastião


30. 5 August 1882 Fazenda São Sebastião


31. 20 August 1882Santos


32. 22 September 1882 Santos


33. 4 October 1881 Fazenda São Sebastião


34. 27 October 1882 Fazenda São Sebastião


35. 17 November 1882 Fazenda São Sebastião


36. 5 December 1882 Fazenda São Sebastião


37. 18 December 1882 Fazenda São Sebastião


38. 28 December 1882 São Paulo


39. 2 January 1883 Santos


40. 9 January 1883 Fazenda São Sebastião


41. January 1883 São Paulo


Suggestions for Further Reading


Index

Erscheinungsdatum
Übersetzer Gabriel Trop
Zusatzinfo 1 Maps; 23 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort Notre Dame IN
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt Literatur Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
Literatur Briefe / Tagebücher
Sachbuch/Ratgeber Geschichte / Politik
Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-10 0-268-20177-3 / 0268201773
ISBN-13 978-0-268-20177-7 / 9780268201777
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