The Joys and Disappointments of a German Governess in Imperial Brazil

by Ina von Binzer

This complex account by a German governess examines households, families, and slavery in Brazil, and bears witness to how "the world the slaveholders made" would soon collapse.

Ina von Binzer's letters, published in German in 1887 and translated into English for this book, offer a rare view of three very different elite family households during the twilight years of Brazil's Second Empire. Her woman's gaze contrasts markedly with other...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0268201773
• ISBN13: 9780268201777
• Release Date: February 2022
• Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"