The Joys and Disappointments of a German Governess in Imperial BrazilThis complex account by a German governess examines households, families, and slavery in Brazil, and bears witness to how the world the slaveholders made would soon collapse. Ina von Binzers letters, published in German in 1887 and translated into English for this book, offer a rare view of three very different elite family households during the twilight years of Brazils Second Empire. Her womans gaze contrasts markedly with other contributions to the