Main entry:

Freyre, Gilberto, 1900-1987, author

Title & Author:

The masters and the slaves = Casa-grande & senzala : a study in the development of Brazilian civilization / by Gilberto Freyre ; translated from the Portuguese by Samuel Putnam ; new introduction by David H.P. Maybury-Lewis.

Edition:

Second English-language edition, revised.

Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, [1986]
©1986

Description:

xc, 537 pages, xliv : illustrations, map ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes glossary.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
General characteristics of the Portuguese colonization of Brazil: formation of an agrarian, slave-holding and hybrid society -- The native in the formation of the Brazilian family -- The Portuguese colonizer: antecedents and predispositions -- The negro slave in the sexual and family life of the Brazilian -- The negro slave in the sexual and family life of the Brazilian (continued).

Summary:

The English translation of this standard work of an anthrologist on Brazilian society deviates in title from the exact translation, - "Big House and Slave Quarters". In its original, this has gone through four revisions. As a reference tool for students of race and culture, it is an important contribution, but solely, one would think, in that field. Even today there are inescapable traces of the 16th century feudalism, rooted in a slave culture, the outgrowth of harmonious union of culture with culture, - the native, the Portuguese colonist with his mixed antecedents, the Negro. In minute detail, Freyre surveys the contribution made by each, - physical, social, economic. His data is based on study of primary sources; the result, an essay in genetic sociology and social history, as evidenced in significant aspects of the formation of the Brazilian family unit. -- From https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/gilberto-freyre/the-masters-and-the-slaves/ (Oct. 31, 2017)

ISBN:

0520056655 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780520056657 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Slavery Brazil History.
Black people Brazil History.
Indians of South America Brazil History.
Families Brazil.
Families Brazil History.
Esclavage Brésil Histoire.
Personnes noires Brésil Histoire.
Peuples autochtones Brésil Histoire.
Familles Brésil Histoire.
Familles Brésil.
Black people
Civilization African influences
Families
Indians of South America
Manners and customs
Slavery
Rassenverhoudingen.
Familia (Sociologia)
Noirs Brésil Histoire.
Famille Brésil Histoire.
Brazil Social life and customs.
Brazil Civilization African influences.
Brésil Mœurs et coutumes.
Brésil Civilisation Influence africaine.
Brazil
Brésil Moeurs et coutumes.
Blacks Brazil History
Family Brazil History

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Putnam, Samuel, 1892-1950, translator
Maybury-Lewis, David, writer of introduction.

Casa-grande & senzala
Casa-grande e senzala
Study in the development of Brazilian civilization

Holdings:

Location: Library main 50761
Call No.: ID:89-B9653
Status: Available