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Native and National in Brazil
Tracy Devine Guzman
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Native and National in Brazil: Indigeneity after Independence Series: First Peoples: New Directions in Indigenous Studies (University of North Carolina Press Paperback). Num Pages: 327 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLS; HBJK; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
How do the lives of indigenous peoples relate to the romanticised 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 decolonise 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 ... Read more
How do the lives of indigenous peoples relate to the romanticised 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 decolonise 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Condition
New
Series
First Peoples: New Directions in Indigenous Studies (University of North Carolina Press Paperback)
Number of Pages
352
Format
Paperback
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill, United States
ISBN
9781469602097
SKU
V9781469602097
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About Tracy Devine Guzman
Tracy Devine Guzmán is associate professor of Latin American studies, Portuguese, and Spanish at the University of Miami, USA.
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