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- Brazil and the Dialectic of Colonization
- Book
- 2015
- Published by: University of Illinois Press
- Series: Lemann Center for Brazilian Studies Series
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A classic of Brazilian literary criticism and historiography, Brazil and the Dialectic of Colonization explores the unique character of Brazil from its colonial beginnings to its emergence as a modern nation. This translation presents the thought of Alfredo Bosi, one of contemporary Brazil's leading intellectuals, to an English-speaking audience.
Portugal extracted wealth from its Brazilian colony. Slaves--first indigenous peoples, later Africans--mined its ore and cut its sugarcane. From the customs of the colonists and the aspirations of the enslaved rose Brazil. Bosi scrutinizes signal points in the creation of Brazilian culture--the plays and poetry, the sermons of missionaries and Jesuit priests, the Indian novels of José de Alencar and the Voices of Africa of poet Castro Alves. His portrait of the country's response to the pressures of colonial conformity offers a groundbreaking appraisal of Brazilian culture as it emerged from the tensions between imposed colonial control and the African and Amerindian cults--including the Catholic-influenced ones--that resisted it.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. ix-x
- 1 Colony, Cult, and Culture
- pp. 1-47
- 4 Vieira, or the Cross of Inequality
- pp. 97-122
- 5 Antonil, or the Tears of Trade Goods
- pp. 123-145
- 6 A Sacrificial Myth: Alencar’s Indianism
- pp. 146-162
- 7 Slavery between Two Liberalisms
- pp. 163-208
- 8 Under the Sign of Ham
- pp. 209-234
- 10 Brazilian Culture and Brazilian Cultures
- pp. 266-298
- A Retrospective Glance
- pp. 325-332
- Epilogue (2001)
- pp. 333-340
Additional Information
ISBN
9780252097355
Related ISBN(s)
9780252039300, 9780252080845
MARC Record
OCLC
919002338
Pages
392
Launched on MUSE
2015-09-05
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2015