History 508:360
History
of Brazil
Fall
2009
Outlines
of class sessions
Below are broad
outlines for class sessions of the History of Brazil. Outlines will appear on
this site a day or two before each class session; they will remain on the site
for the semester. I intend for these very broad outlines to help you begin
thinking about the issues that we will cover in class. (Or, if you miss class,
give you some indication of what you miss.) You should not rely on these
outlines as exhaustive descriptions for classes. And you should, especially,
not rely on them as a substitute for class attendance. Depending on how any
class session actually progresses, we may not cover the issues in the order
that they appear; and we may use different words and phrases to cover the
concepts.
From syllabus: Class
sessions
23 November
Gender Relations & Brazilian Women
Read:
Patai, Brazilian Women Speak, selected
readings
No
class on 25 November – Happy Thanksgiving
For
3 Dec.: read Meade, Chapter 9
Samba (entire
book)
Question
Consider the ways in which the position
of women in modern Brazil has been shaped through the Brazilian historic
experience. Some of the possible issues to take into account include: political
power, family structure, personal independence –
along with many others.
Current & historical circumstances of
women
Historic characterizations
Ideal
Public
vs private spheres
Reality
Legal
code
Women in society
Feminist
movements
Expansion
of "women's spheres"
Public
presence
Labor
force
Personal
rights
16-18 November
Racial
Democracy?
Reading schedule: 16-18 Nov.:
“Black
Mobilization in Brazil” in Andrews & Chapman (eds.) The Social
Construction of Democracy
NY
Times, 5April 2003
“Racial
Quotas in Brazil Touch Off Fierce Debate”
17-19
Nov.: Meade Chapter 8
23
Nov.: Patai,
Brazilian
Women Speak, selected
readings
Material
circumstance
Racial democracy
Multi-racialism
White/not-white
9-11 November
Reading
schedule: 16-18 Nov.:
“Black
Mobilization in Brazil” in Andrews & Chapman (eds.) The Social Construction of Democracy
NY
Times, 5April 2003
“Racial
Quotas in Brazil Touch Off Fierce Debate”
21 Years of Military
Dictatorship
9 November: Film: Capital Sins
11 November: Group Discussion
4 November
Reading
schedule: 9-11 Nov.:
Meade,
Chapter 8
Brazil Gets BIG
The Vargas Regime
“Corporatist” state
· Define
· Effects
· Unionism
· Social legislation
· Electoral franchise
· Popular culture
· Economic nationalism
International affairs
· Ideology
· World War II
29
October-2 November
First Republic: Political
and social change
Levine & Crocitti; The Brazil Reader, selected readings
Millenarianism
Material
“improvement”
Personal
freedoms
Social control
· Reconstruction & favelas
· Control & popular resistance
26 October
Whose Modernity & Whose
Progress: The Canudos uprising
In
addition to reading Chapter 6 for next week, you will also want to begin
reading Stringing
Together a Nation – we will be discussing the full book in detail on
2 November.
The Uprising
Why?
Names &
Terms
21 October
Your
essays are due by the beginning of class on 26 October.
Reading
schedule:
26 Oct: Review pages 102-08 from Meade
(part of Chapter 5.)
Also read one (short) chapter from the
novel Gabriela
– to access the chapter, click here. (I
apologize for the one page that is difficult to read.)
Essay writing
Your questions
about the midterm: anything about the material we have covered, interpreting
the questions, or writing essays.
14 & 19 October
Transition to Free Labor
and Republic
·
Abolition
of Slavery
·
Fall
of Brazilian Empire
·
The
military
o Positivism
·
Labor
o Former slaves
o Immigrants
Reading schedule
14
Oct.: Meade, pp. 84-94 (from Chapter 4)
19
Oct.: Meade, Chapter 5
I will post the
questions for your mid-term essay after class on 19 October. You will have an
opportunity to ask any questions during class on 21 October. Your essay is due,
in the appropriate Sakai assignment box by the beginning of class on 26
October.
Gradual and
relatively peaceful
Causes
motivating abolition
Effects of
abolition for former slaves
Ideological and
political changes
Fall of Empire;
introduction of Republic
·
The
military
7 & 12 October
Continuity vs. change
Reading
schedule:
7
Oct.: Meade, Ch. 4
12
Oct. “Carlota
Lucia de Brito: Women Power & Politics in
Northeast Brazil”
19th
Century
· Political conditions
· Social life
European
influence
· Social
Personalistic control
Forces for
change:
· 1850
· Ascendance of coffee
· War of the Triple Alliance
5 October
Independence
Reading schedule:
Meade,
Ch. 4
5
Oct.: pp. 73-76;
7
Oct.: remainder of chapter
12 Oct. “Carlota Lucia
de Brito: Women Power & Politics in Northeast
Brazil”
Background and
motivations
· Brazilian circumstances
· Portuguese circumstances
Outcome
· Implications of independence
· Political transformation?
· International politics
· Britain
(tariffs)
· Brazilian Empire
Terms and
names:
Abertura
Bragança monarchs in Brazil
Dom
João VI
Dom
Pedro I
Dom
Pedro II
30 September – no
class
23- 28 September
Slavery in Brazil
For
class on 5 October, read Meade, Ch. 4 – pp.73-76
Context of slavery in Brazil
What slaves did
·
Mining
·
Plantations
– sugar & coffee
·
Small
holdings
·
Cities
Personal
circumstances of slaves
· Personal relations & family structure
· Individual agency
14-21 September
Settlement, Colonization
and Colonial Life
For
class on Wednesday 23 September, please read Chapter 3 of the text.
For
Monday (14 September) we will discuss Chapter 2 of the text.
For
Wednesday (16 September) you should have read the selection from Metcalf; Family and
Frontier in Colonial Brazil; please bring with you to class the will (the Nazarri reading) that I have also asked you to read for
this class.
Social
organization
·
Hierarchy
& mobility
·
Land
Daily
realities
·
Material
circumstances
·
Family
structure
·
Settlement;
cities
·
Possibilities
for women
·
City
life
Terms:
Fazenda
Bandeirantes
Quilombos
8 & 9 September
Exploration &
“Discovery”
What does Brazil
Look like?
Brazil in 2009
Portuguese
overseas exploration
·
Purpose
·
Routes
“Discovery” of Brazil
·
Contact
with indigenous population
·
Riches:
·
Brazilwood
·
Sugar
·
Gold
·
Monarchical
control
·
African
slavery
Terms &
names:
Feitoria (factory)
Pedro Álvares Cabral
Donatórios (doação, doações)
2 September
Introduction
Brazil in the
year 2009
The course:
Themes
·
Tension
between “progress” & “continuity”
·
Slavery
·
Domestic
& international
Requirements
·
Essays
·
Participation
For
class on Tuesday 8 September (according to the university’s re-arranged
schedule) you should read Chapter 1 of A Brief History of Brazil.