Brazil and the Dialectic of Colonization
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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.

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Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Year
2015
ISBN
9780252097355
Topic
History
Subtopic
World History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication Page
  5. Contents
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Author's Note to the North American Edition
  8. 1 - Colony, Cult, and Culture
  9. 2 - Anchieta, or the Crossed Arrows of the Sacred
  10. 3 - From Our Former State to the Mercantile Machine
  11. 4 - Vieira, or the Cross of Inequality
  12. 5 - Antonil, or the Tears of Trade Goods
  13. 6 - A Sacrificial Myth: Alencar's Indianism
  14. 7 - Slavery between Two Liberalisms
  15. 8 - Under the Sign of Ham
  16. 9 - The Archeology of the Welfare State
  17. 10 - Brazilian Culture and Brazilian Cultures
  18. Postscript to “Brazilian Culture and Brazilian Cultures” (1992)
  19. A Retrospective Glance
  20. Epilogue (2001)
  21. Notes
  22. Index
  23. About the Author