Abstract

MELO, Victor Andrade de. “Do we have bulls”?: Bullfights in 19th-Century Rio de Janeiro (1840-1852). Anál. Social [online]. 2015, n.215, pp.383-404. ISSN 0003-2573.

In the mid-nineteenth century a new social dynamism emergedin Rio de Janeiro, marked by changes in mass entertainment. Among the noveltieswere bullfights, a practice that actually had existed in Brazil since the seventeenth century. This study discusses the resumption of bullfighting in this city, between 1840 and 1852, and addresses its historical antecedents, notably tensions concerning the occupation of public space, a debate related to the ideas and imaginary of modernity.

Keywords : bullfight; entertainment; Rio de Janeiro; sports history.

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