Main entry:

Smaz, Dom, 1983- photographer, editor, author.

Title & Author:

Helvécia : a Swiss colonial history in Brazil / Dom Smaz.

Publication:

Zurich : Lars Müller Publishers, [2022]
©2022

Description:

217 pages : color illustrations, facsimiles, map, portraits ; 30 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Daily life -- History -- Descendants -- Traditions -- Interviews / conducted by Milena Machado Neves -- Historical research -- Chronology of Leopoldina (Helvécia) / Milena Machado Neves and Christian Doninelli -- Mocambos, quilombos and rural Black communities in Brazil : histories and memories / Flávio dos Santos Gomes -- Helvécia = Switzerland? Countering the colonization of attitudes, perspectives and remembrance / Izabel Barros, Rohit Jain, Shalini Randeria.

Summary:

"Helvécia, a Black village community in the southern part of the Brazilian state of Bahia, owes its name to the plantation from which it originated. It was founded in 1818 by Swiss and German settlers, and the coffee grown on its vast estates brought them great wealth. This would not have been possible without exploitation: in the mid-19th century, for every 200 white settlers, there were 2,000 slaves of African origin. With great sensitivity and in dialogue with the inhabitants, Swiss-Brasilian photographer Dom Smaz searched Helvécia for traces of the past. His compelling images capture the vibrant village and the life of its inhabitants while essays explain the historical circumstances. The resulting photobook encourages a postcolonial examination of the global interdependencies and power structures involved, which extend into the present and are ultimately a source of European prosperity"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9783037787014 (hardcover ; English)
3037787015 (hardcover ; English)
French
9783037787021
German
9783037787205

Subject:

Quilombos Brazil Bahia (State) History.
Quilombos Brazil Bahia (State) Pictorial works.
Swiss Brazil History.
Brazilians Brazil Bahia (State) Interviews.
Black people Brazil Bahia (State) Interviews.
Quilombos Brésil Bahia (État) Histoire.
Quilombos Brésil Bahia (État) Ouvrages illustrés.
Suisses Brésil Histoire.
Brésiliens Brésil Bahia (État) Entretiens.
Personnes noires Brésil Bahia (État) Entretiens.
Quilombos
Brazilians
Black people
Colonization
Swiss
Bahia (Brazil : State) Pictorial works.
Helvécia (Brazil) History.
Helvécia (Brazil) Colonization.
Bahia (Brésil : État) Ouvrages illustrés.
Brazil Bahia (State)
Brazil

Form/genre:

interviews.
Pictorial works
Interviews
Illustrated works
History
Ouvrages illustrés.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 318592
Call No.: 318592
Copy: 1
Status: Available