Praças, Place, and Public Life in Urban Brazil

Bibliographic Data

ID4486609
AuthorsJames R Curtis (0000-0001-9529-845X, corresponding author)
Year2000
Volume90
Issue4
Pages475
Publication date2000-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueGeographical Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0016-7428 • E-ISSN: 1931-0846
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/3250780
OpenAlexW4236607322
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited22

This study interprets critical stages in the changing design and landscape of urban squares, or praças, in Brazil and assesses the circumstances of their cultural‐historical production. Urban squares were shaped by, and in the process contributed to and shed light on, several of the country's major social and artistic movements. The history of the square illustrates a theme of European cultural dominance, especially French, that was a product of the colonial experience and neocolonial influences which were overcome only in the twentieth century through spontaneous creative fusion with indigenous Brazilian elements

Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Colonialism · Dominance (genetics · Economy · Ethnology · Geography · Indigenous · Political science · Product (mathematics · Sociology · Theme (computing · Ecology · Food, Nutrition, and Cultural Practices · History · Sociology and Education in Brazil · Urban and sociocultural dynamics · Urban Development and Societal Issues

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