Intimate ironies
Subtitle: modernity and the making of middle-class lives in Brazil
By: Brian P. Owensby.
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 332
Subjects: Middle class -- Brazil -- History; Social change -- Brazil
Description: "Superb analysis of middle-class mentalities in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, 1920-50. Describes emergence of middle class, then argues that its members rejected political parties and leaders, but embraced the state's social service mission and social service jobs. Using a wide range of documents, sensitively explores reasons for political ambivalence and cult of domestic life"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-322) and index.