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 le...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Bosi, Alfredo, 1936- (Author)
Other Authors: Newcomb, Robert Patrick (Translator)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Portugués
Published: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2015
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Brazil > Colonization.
Brazil > History > Philosophy.
Brazil > Civilization.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Author's note to the North American edition
  • 1. Colony, cult, and culture
  • 2. Anchieta, or the crossed arrows of the sacred
  • 3. From our former state to the mercantile machine
  • 4. Vieira, or the cross of inequality
  • 5. Antonil, or the tears of trade goods
  • 6. A sacrificial myth: Alencar's Indianism
  • 7. Slavery between two liberalisms
  • 8. Under the sign of ham
  • 9. The archeology of the welfare state
  • 10. Brazilian culture and Brazilian cultures
  • Postscript to "Brazilian culture and Brazilian cultures" (1992)
  • A retrospective glance
  • Epilogue (2001).

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