![]() The two buildings, adjacent to each other, were simultaneously antagonistic and complementary, as with the masters and slaves that inhabited them.Īs was to be expected, a beautiful commemorative edition was published to celebrate the event. In Freyre’s view, the master’s house and the slave quarters form an essential duality, which is not only the foundation of private social relations amongst Brazilians but also of the country’s political culture. The work has received numerous critiques and revisions in the decades after it was first published, but remains our most influential sociological essay and, above all, the most lasting of interpretations of Brazilian society. In December 2013, Gilberto Freyre’s classic book Casa-Grande & Senzala (The Masters & the Slaves) turned 80. Young robbery suspect at Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, 2014, Yvonne Bezerra de Mello ![]() The result of these shifts is that the slave quarters are returning, in other even more violent images.Ĭasa-grande & senzala (2013, Editora Global) Intrigued by the change, the history professor MAURICIO LISSOVSKY shows how the old slave quarters have lost their meaning of oppression and cruelty to become a place of enjoyment. ![]() The new Brazilian edition of Gilberto Freyre’s classic book removed the slave quarters and the black slaves from its cover. ![]()
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