Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE Spectacular Wealth by Lisa Voigt Drawing on archival research, this illuminating study shows how residents of all ethnicities in three colonial boomtowns used festivals to redefine wealth and present themselves as more than subjects of European power. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Bridging print culture and performance, Spectacular Wealth draws on eighteenth-century festival accounts to explore how colonial residents of the silver-mining town of Potosi, in the viceroyalty of Peru, and the gold-mining region of Minas Gerais, in Brazil, created rich festive cultures that refuted European allegations of barbarism and greed. In her examination of the festive participation of the towns diverse inhabitants, including those whose forced or slave labor produced the colonies mineral wealth, Lisa Voigt shows how Amerindians, Afro-descendants, Europeans, and creoles displayed their social capital and cultural practices in spectacular performances.Tracing the multiple meanings and messages of civic festivals and religious feast days alike, Spectacular Wealth highlights the conflicting agendas at work in the organization, performance, and publication of festivals. Celebrants and writers in mining boomtowns presented themselves as far more than tributaries yielding mineral wealth to the Spanish and Portuguese empires, using festivals to redefine their reputations and to celebrate their cultural, spiritual, and intellectual wealth. Author Biography Lisa Voigt is an associate professor of Spanish and Portuguese at the Ohio State University in Columbus. She is the author of Writing Captivity in the Early Modern Atlantic: Circulations of Knowledge and Authority in the Iberian and English Imperial Worlds, which received the Katherine Singer Kovacs Prize from the Modern Language Association. Table of Contents IntroductionPart 1: Texts Chapter 1. In Praise of Follies: Creole Patriotism in the Festivals of Arzánss Historia de la Villa Imperial de PotosíChapter 2. Celebrating Minas Gerais in Triunfo Eucharistico and Aureo Throno EpiscopalPart 2: Celebrants Chapter 3. Festive Natives in Potosí, from Audience to PerformanceChapter 4. "Nos Pretos como no Prelo": Afro-Brazilians in Festivals, from Performance to PrintConclusion: Spectacular TributesNotesWorks CitedIndex Review "In this carefully researched and thoughtfully crafted book, Lisa Voigt makes a compelling case against José Antonio Maravalls argument that civic festivals were among the key practices used by church and crown to direct the culture of the Hispanic world during the Baroque period." * Bulletin of the Comediantes *"[A] richly researched, methodologically original, and lucidly-written study of eighteenth-century Baroque festival culture in South America." * Bulletin of Spanish Studies *"Spectacular Wealth is an exceptionally well-documented and beautifully written book. In sum: a model of critical clarity." * Renaissance Quarterly *"Spectacular Wealth challenges us to analyze the multiplicity of the interventions and interpretations enacted in these festivals and to transcend the borders of any one empire on our scholarship." * Hispanic American Historical Review *"A well-constructed and complex narrative...Voigt has succeeded in bringing together first-hand eighteenth-century festival accounts with secondary sources and theories on diverse aspects of culture in colonial South America into a seamless narrative." * Portuguese Studies *"An important contribution to the discussion of race, religion, and wealth in colonial Latin America seen through festive cultural celebrations…Voigt does an outstanding job of truly integrating colonial Brazil in the examination of Spanish American colonial texts by looking at the important interconnections that exist among both." * Revista de Estudios Hispánicos * Promotional "Compelling and provocative... A beautifully elegant study that promises to add to an emerging body of literature on mining, economy, and wealth in Iberian empires. Voigts dual consideration of Potosi, in Spanish America, and Ouro Preto, in Brazil, is laudable." -- Anna More, Universidade de Brasilia, author of Baroque Sovereignty: Carlos de Siguenza y Gongora and the Creole Archive of Colonial Mexico Long Description Bridging print culture and performance, Spectacular Wealth draws on eighteenth-century festival accounts to explore how colonial residents of the silver-mining town of Potos Review Quote " Spectacular Wealth is an exceptionally well-documented and beautifully written book. In sum: a model of critical clarity." Details ISBN1477310509 Author Lisa Voigt Short Title SPECTACULAR WEALTH Publisher University of Texas Press Language English ISBN-10 1477310509 ISBN-13 9781477310502 Media Book Format Hardcover Year 2016 Imprint University of Texas Press Subtitle The Festivals of Colonial South American Mining Towns Place of Publication Austin, TX Country of Publication United States Publication Date 2016-12-13 UK Release Date 2016-12-13 AU Release Date 2016-12-13 NZ Release Date 2016-12-13 US Release Date 2016-12-13 Pages 237 Alternative 9781477310977 DEWEY 980.013 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 30 DAY RETURN POLICY No questions asked, 30 day returns! FREE DELIVERY No matter where you are in the UK, delivery is free. 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ISBN-13: 9781477310502
Book Title: Spectacular Wealth
ISBN: 9781477310502
Number of Pages: 237 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Spectacular Wealth: the Festivals of Colonial South American Mining Towns
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Publication Year: 2016
Subject: History
Item Height: 229 mm
Item Weight: 476 g
Type: Textbook
Author: Lisa Voigt
Item Width: 152 mm
Format: Hardcover
