Vol. 23 Núm. 1 (2017): Locus - Revista de História
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A civilized fun – skating in 19th century Rio de Janeiro (1872-1892)

Publicado 2017-02-16

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Palabras clave

  • Skating,
  • Leisure,
  • Modernity

Cómo citar

Melo, Victor Andrade de. 2017. «A Civilized Fun – Skating in 19th Century Rio De Janeiro (1872-1892)». Locus: Revista De Historia 23 (1). https://doi.org/10.34019/2594-8296.2017.v23.20843.

Resumen

This article discusses the presence of skating in the Rio de Janeiro city between 1872 and 1892, a moment when grew up public amusements and they were underway significant social and policies changes. This was a practice that, in the international context, was symbolically related to modernity. In the Court society, skating was an indicator of the circulation of progress and civilization ideas.

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