Cristo de lama

"Reconstructing the times of the Brazilian sculptor who brought universal recognition to Minas Gerais, author focuses on the diamond mining cycle and the world it made: from the rudimentary treatment of Aleijadinho's leprosy, to the elegant evenings at the homes of local nobility, to the political, public, and veiled talks about slavery. The famed Xica da Silva was a prominent topic in those talks"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.