Brazil Social Life and Customs
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Effective family research requires some understanding of the society your ancestor lived in. Learning about everyday life, religious practices, customs, and traditions will help you appreciate your ancestor and the time he or she lived in. This information is particularly helpful if you choose to write a history of your family. Research procedures and genealogical sources are different for each area and time period and are affected by the local customs and traditions.
The Family History Library has collected a few sources that discuss a variety of subjects related to the social life and customs in Brazil. Following are some that might be helpful:
- Besselaar, J. J. von den. Brasilien: Anspruch und Wirklichkeit (Brazil: Claim and Actuality). Wiesbaden: F. A. Brockhaus. FHL 981 H2bj This book, published in German, is a description and analysis of social, cultural, and economic life in Brazil.
- Torres Londoño, Fernando. El concubinato y la iglesia en el Brasil colonial (The Concubinage and the Church in Colonial Brazil). São Paulo: Universidade de São Paulo, 1988. FHL 981 H6t This book, written in Spanish, presents indigenous marriage customs and the Catholic Church in colonial Brazil.
Additional sources for social customs in three cities in Brazil include:
- Metcalf, Alida Christine. Families of Planters, Peasants, and Slaves: Strategies for Survival in Santana de Parnaíba, Brazil, 1720–1820. Ann Arbor, Michigan: University Microfilms International, c1983. FHL 981.61/S4 H6m
- Marques, Gabriel. Ruas e tradições de São Paulo: Uma história em cada rua (Streets and Traditions of São Paulo: A story in every street). São Paulo: Conselho Estadual de Cultura, 1966. FHL 981.61/S1 H6m
- Silva, Maria Beatriz Nizza da. Cultura e Sociedade no Rio de Janeiro (1808–1821) (Culture and Society in Rio de Janeiro, 1808–1821). São Paulo: Nacional, 1977. FHL 981.53/R1 H6s
Other books of this nature may help you in your research and help you understand your ancestor’s environment. Additional sources may be found in larger universities and libraries.
Online Resouces[edit | edit source]
- Family and Frontier in Colonial Brazil: Families of Planters
- Brazilian Culture - TOTA, gives general information about Brazilian Culture
Publications[edit | edit source]
| Topic | Time period | Resource | Locations Covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urban life | 1900s to 1920s| | Bruce, George James. Brazil and the Brazilians. Dodd, Mead and Company, 1914. | Brazil |
| History, colonization | 16th to 19th centuries | Bell, Alured Gray. The Beautiful Rio de Janeiro. William Heinemann, 1914. | Rio de Janeiro |
| Government, leadership, holidays, upper-class life | 1880s | Andrews, C. C. Brazil: Its Condition and Prospects. D. Appleton and Company, 1887. | Rio de Janeiro |
| Description and analysis of social, cultural and economic life in Brazil | Besselaar, J. J. van den. Brasilien: Anspruch und Wirklichkeit. Wiesbaden, Germany: F.A. Brockhaus, 1970 | Brazil | |
| Indigenous marriage customs and the Catholic Church in colonial Brazil | Londoño, Fernando Torres. El concubinato y la iglesia en el Brasil colonial. São Paulo, Brazil : Universidade de São Paulo, CEDHAL, 1988 | Brazil | |
| History, Social life and customs | Macedo, Roberto. Curiosidades cariocas. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil : Distribuidora Record, 1965 | Brazil | |
| Slavery and bondage, Social life and customs | Lara, Silvia Hunold. Escravidão. São Paulo, Brazil: Ed. ANPUH/Marco Zero, 1988 | Brazil | |
| History, religious history, Social life and customs | 18th, 19th centuries | Guedes, Roberto; Fragoso, João; Ribeiro, Luís; Graça, Filho; de Alencastro, Afonso. História social em registros paroquiais : (Sul-Sudeste do Brasil, séculos XVIII-XIX). Rio de Janeiro, Brazil : Mauad X, 2016 | Brazil |
| Trade, potitics and government, social life and customsModernWeil, Thomas E. Area handbook for Brazil. Washington, D.C.: Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Office, 1971 | Brazil | ||
| Life and Customs of the People | 1900 | Carpenter, Frank George. 'South America, social, industrial, and political. Western W Wilson, 1900 | Brazil |
| Customs and Culture | Modern | Branco, Sandra; Williams, Rob. Brazil - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture. Kuperard, 2014 | Brazil |
| Culture and Life | Modern | Poelzl, Volker. CultureShock! Brazil: A Survival Guide to Customs and Etiquette. Marshall Cavendish, New York, 2009 | Brazil |
| Culture and Life | Modern | Vincent, Jon S.; Woodyard, George. Culture and Customs of Brazil. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2003 | Brazil |
| Women, family, social change | 1600-1900 | Nazzari, M. Disappearance of the Dowry: Women, Families, and Social Change in Sã o Paulo, Brazil, 1600-1900. Stanford University Press, 1991 | San Paulo, Brazil |
| Social life and customs | 19th Century | Freyre, Gilberto. Social Life in Brazil in the Middle of the Nineteenth Century. Duke University Press, 1922 | Brazil |
| Ten Disciples including art, food, music | Modern | Chiodetto, Eder; Chagas, Carolina; Brant, Maria Abramo Caldeira. Brazil. London: Phaidon Press Inc, 2014 | Brazil |
| Travel, history, Social life and customs | Modern | Fletcher, James C.; Kidder, Daniel P. Brazil and the Brazilians. London; New York: Kegan Paul, 2005 | Brazil |
| Travel, history, Social life and customs | 1940 | Brown, Rose. The land and people of Brazil. Philadelphia, New York, J.B. Lippincott Co., 1946 | Brazil |
| Travel, history, Social life and customs | 19th Century | Ewbank, Thomas. Life in Brazil; or, A journal of a visit to the land of the cocoa and the palm. Detroit, Mich., Blaine Ethridge--Books, 1971 | Brazil |