From Sea-Bathing to Beach-Going: A Social History of the Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

by B.J. Barickman

Book Overview

2023 Honorable Mention, Warren Dean Prize in Brazilian History

In From Sea-Bathing to Beach-Going B. J. Barickman explores how a narrow ocean beachfront neighborhood and the distinctive practice of beach-going invented by its residents in the early twentieth century came to symbolize a city and a nation. Nineteenth-century Cariocas (residents of Rio) ostensibly practiced sea-bathing for its therapeutic benefits, but the bathing platforms...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826363636
• ISBN13: 9780826363633
• Release Date: April 2022
• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"