Native and National in Brazil : Indigeneity after Independence /

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How do the lives of indigenous peoples relate to the romanticized role of 'Indians' in Brazilian history, politics, and cultural production? Native and National in Brazil charts this enigmatic relationship from the sixteenth century to the present, focusing on the consolidation of the domi...

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Main Author: Devine Guzmán, Tracy, 1970- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2013]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Public opinion.
Politics and government
Indians of South America > Public opinion.
Indians of South America > Politics and government.
Indians of South America > Ethnic identity.
Indians in popular culture.
Ethnic relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > Native American Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Opinion publique > Bresil.
Indiens d'Amerique dans la culture populaire.
Indiens d'Amerique > Bresil > Opinion publique.
Indiens d'Amerique > Bresil > Identite ethnique.
Public opinion > Brazil.
Indians of South America > Brazil > Public opinion.
Indians of South America > Brazil > Politics and government.
Indians of South America > Brazil > Ethnic identity.
Brazil.
Bresil > Politique et gouvernement.
Brazil > Politics and government.
Brazil > Ethnic relations.
Electronic books.
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Summary:How do the lives of indigenous peoples relate to the romanticized role of 'Indians' in Brazilian history, politics, and cultural production? Native and National in Brazil charts this enigmatic relationship from the sixteenth century to the present, focusing on the consolidation of the dominant national imaginary in the postindependence period and highlighting Native peoples' ongoing work to decolonize it. Engaging issues ranging from sovereignty, citizenship, and national security to the revolutionary potential of art, sustainable development, and the gendering of ethnic differences, Tracy Devine Guzman argues that the tensions between popular renderings of "Indianness" and lived indigenous experience are critical to the unfolding of Brazilian nationalism, on the one hand, and the growth of the Brazilian indigenous movement, on the other. Devine Guzmán suggests that the "indigenous question" now posed by Brazilian indigenous peoples themselves-how to be Native and national at the same time-can help us to rethink national belonging in accordance with the protection of human rights, the promotion of social justice, and the consolidation of democratic governance for indigenous and nonindigenous citizens alike
Physical Description:1 online resource (352 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9781469608150

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