The Rio De Janeiro Reader: History, Culture, Politics

417 Pages·2016·7.476 MB·English

by  Daryle Williams, Amy Chazkel, Paulo Knauss (eds.)

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The Rio de Janeiro Reader

T H E R I O
D E J A N E I R O
R E A D E R
HISTORY, CULTURE, POLITICS
Daryle Williams, Amy Chazkel, and Paulo Knauss, editors
DUKE UNIVERSITY PRESS Durham and London 2016
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
The Rio de Janeiro reader : history, culture, politics /
Daryle Williams, Amy Chazkel, and Paulo Knauss, editors.
pages cm—(The Latin America readers)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-8223-5974-6 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN 978-0-8223-6006-3 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN 978-0-8223-7506-7 (e-book)
1. Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)—History. 2. Rio de Janeiro
(Brazil)—Civilization. 3. Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)—
Politics and government. I. Williams, Daryle, [date]
editor. II. Chazkel, Amy, [date] editor. III. Mendonça,
Paulo Knauss de, [date] editor. IV. Series: Latin America
readers.
F2646.3.R568 2015
981'.53—dc23
2015022350
Cover art: People gathered on the Escadaria Selarón (Selaron’s Stairs),
a mosaic tile stairway in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Photo © Jan Sochor.
Contents
A Note on Translations, Spelling, and Monetary Units xi
Place-Names and Way-Finding xiii
Acknowledgments xvii
Introduction: The Marvelous City 1
I Colonial Rio 9
THE EARLY COLONIAL PERIOD, 1502–1720S
A Navigator’s Diary, Pero Lopes de Sousa 17
On “Brazilian Savages,” Jean de Léry 19
Channeling the Carioca River, Municipal Chamber 24
The Cachaça Revolt, Salvador Correia de Sá e Benevides and Others 26
French Corsairs Attack, René Duguay-Trouin and Jonas Finck 30
Mapping the City’s Defenses, João Massé 33
The Wages of Indigenous Labor, Municipal Chamber 35
THE VICEREGAL PERIOD, 1763–1808
The Customary Rights of Market Women, Quitandeiras of Rio de Janeiro
and Carlos Julião 37
Valongo, a Notorious Slave Market, Bráz Hermenegildo do Amaral and
Jean-Baptiste Debret 41
Fire and Reconstruction of an Asylum for Women, João Francisco
Muzzi 45
Whaling in Guanabara Bay, Leandro Joaquim 48
Lettered Men under Investigation, Conde de Resende and José Bernardo
da Silveira Frade 50
Cultivating Cinnamon in Late Colonial Rio, Bernardino António Gomes 55
THE TRANSFER OF THE PORTUGUESE COURT, 1808–1820S
Eagerly Awaiting the Royal Family, Padre Perereca 59
“Infectious Disorders” of the Port, W. Sidney Smith 66
The Passeio Público, John Luccock 69
viii Contents
II Imperial Rio 73
THE INDEPENDENCE ERA, 1820S–1830S
The Feast of the Holy Spirit, Henry Chamberlain and G. Hunt 79
The Emperor Dissolves the Constitutional Assembly, Henry Chamberlain
and Dom Pedro I 82
Views of the Palace Square, Jean-Baptiste Debret 86
The Night of the Bottle-Whippings, O Republico 92
Mapping the Capital of Imperial Brazil, E. de la Michellerie 97
The Slave Dance Called Candomblé, Eusébio de Queiroz 99
A NEUTRAL MUNICIPALITY, 1834–1889
From the Dungeon to the House of Correction, Eusébio de Queiroz 101
Photography Arrives in Rio, Louis Compte and Jornal do Commercio 103
Transient Laborers of the Fazenda Santa Cruz, Paulo Barboza da Silva 106
Recollections of Nineteenth-Century Women, Adèle Toussaint-Samson 108
Workers, for Sale or Rent, Diário do Rio de Janeiro 112
Maria Angola Denounces Illegal Enslavement, Maria Angola and
Miguel Paes Pimenta 116
The Capoeira Gangs of Rio, João Jacintho de Mello 119
French-Language Classifieds, Courrier du Brésil 121
Public Entertainment in Imperial Rio, Joaquim Manoel de Macedo 126
Sex Trafficking in the Imperial Capital, 759 Citizens 130
Visualizing “A Carioca,” Pedro Américo de Figueiredo e Melo 132
A City Celebrates Slave Emancipation, A. Luiz Ferreira and Machado
de Assis 134
III Republican Rio 139
THE FEDERAL DISTRICT, 1889–1930
Making the Federal District, Constituent Assembly 147
The Legendary Festival of Our Lady of Penha, Alexandre José de Mello
Moraes Filho 149
The Animal Game, Francisco José Viveiros de Castro 155
An Allegation of Infanticide, Margarida Rosa da Assumpção and Others 158
The Hotel Avenida, Brasil-Moderno 163
Rio’s Kiosks, Augusto Malta 167
The Cult of Nostalgia, João do Norte 170
Anarchists under Arrest, Corpo de Investigação e Segurança Pública
do Distrito Federal 174
Contents ix
Demolition of the Morro do Castelo, Carlos Sampaio 179
Exhuming Estácio de Sá, Various Notables 182
THE FEDERAL DISTRICT, 1930–1960
Gaúchos Take the Obelisk, Anonymous 185
“Flying Down to Rio,” Louis Brock 187
Bertha Lutz Goes to Congress, Bertha Lutz 191
The Fount of the Queen, Armando Magalhães Corrêa 195
A Writer’s Brazilian Diary, Stefan Zweig 198
Rio and World War II, U.S. War Department and Walt Disney Studios 203
A Fond Farewell to Praça Onze, Herivelto Martins 206
Avenida Presidente Vargas, Hélio Alves de Brito 208
Introducing the “Civilized Indian” João José Macedo, Cândido Mariano
da Silva Rondon 211
Madame Satã, a Grifter in Lapa, João Francisco dos Santos and Others 213
A City’s Crushing Defeat at the World Cup, Jornal do Brasil and
Correio da Manhã 218
Carmen Miranda Shines in “Ca Room Pa Pa,” mgm Studios 222
“Soldiers of Fire,” Getúlio Vargas 224
Censoring Rio, 40 Graus, Ralph Benedicto Zumbano 227
The Diplomacy of Samba, Jornal do Brasil 230
IV Recent Rio 235
THE CITY AND STATE OF GUANABARA, 1960–1975
The Ephemeral State of Guanabara, Federal Congress 247
Recreation in the Parque do Flamengo, Ethel Bauzer de Medeiros and
Others 251
This House Is Yours!, Carlos Lacerda 258
An Act of Student Protest, Correio da Manhã Staff Photographer 261
AFTER THE FUSION, 1975–1980S
Dancin’ Days, Nelson Motta with Ruban Sabino 263
Burger Wars of 1979, Jornal do Brasil 266
Barra da Tijuca, Boomtown (but Not for All), Israel Klabin; Angela Coronel
and Heloisa Perez 270
State Terror in the Early 1980s, James J. Blystone and Joaquim de Lima
Barreto 275
The Consumer Spectacle of BarraShopping, Cora Rónai 281
A Weekend at Maracanã, João Baptista Figueiredo 285