Mulatto (Texas Pan American Series) - Softcover

Azevedo, Aluisio; Patai, Daphne

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0292704380 ISBN 13: 9780292704381

Publisher: Univ of Texas Pr, 1993

Synopsis

In 1881, Brazilian Aluisio Azevedo published Mulatto, a scathing expose of his native city, Sao Luis do Maranhao. Polemic as well as love story, it brought him much notoriety and is generally considered the first Brazilian naturalist novel.
Set before the abolition of slavery and the establishment of the first republic, Mulatto tells the story of Raimundo, a young Brazilian of liberal ideas. Kept in ignorance of the identity of his mother and the secret of his mixed birth, Raimundo is educated in Europe and, upon returning to Brazil, struggles against the provincial and bigoted society he encounters. Mulatto reveals its author's opposition to both the clergy, whose corruption and influence he denounced, and the racist agrarian society still dependent upon slavery. This English translation of Mulatto was first published in 1990 by Fairleigh Dickinson University Press.

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Language Notes:

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Portugese

About this edition

• Publisher: Univ of Texas Pr
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0292704380
• ISBN 13: 9780292704381
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 298