Native And National In Brazil

Author : Tracy Devine Guzmán
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781469602080

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Native and National in Brazil by Tracy Devine Guzmán Pdf

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.

Author : Yasmin Barrachini-Haß
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 30 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783668198067

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Indigenous Languages in Brazil. A Country between Monolingualism and Plurilingualism by Yasmin Barrachini-Haß Pdf

Seminar paper from the year 2012 in the subject Speech Science / Linguistics, grade: 1,0, University of Bremen, course: Sprachpolitik, Sprachenrechte, Sprachplanung, language: English, abstract: This paper mainly focuses on indigenous languages, indigenous laws and rights, as well as indigenous education. The first chapter deals with indigenous peoples in Brazil, their geopolitical situation, their languages and linguistic prejudices towards them. The second chapter focuses on how indigenous languages are promoted. This includes how indigenous school- and university programs have evolved in the last centuries and especially in the last decade and how didactic materials have also improved. Finally, a conclusion is drawn, followed-up by the list of sources and declaration about the authenticity of this term paper. Brazil is, generally speaking, a country of diversity. It is not only known to have the planet’s largest remaining rainforest and wildlife, but it is also known to be rich in culture. It must also be said that it has always been a migration country. Thus, in the last five centuries people from all over the world immigrated to Brazil and brought foreign rituals and traditions with them, which eventually also enriched the Brazilian culture. However, before becoming a Portuguese colony in 1500 Brazil was already inhabited by many indigenous peoples. The majority of them had been extinct through the colonization process, but even after that indigenous people had to struggle and fight for their lives. Sadly, this condition remains to be true nowadays. Although Portuguese is the official and most spoken language in Brazil, there are also about 215 other languages that are spoken in this country (Müller de Oliveira: 2009; p. 20). Most of those languages are spoken by indigenous peoples. Thus, Brazil can undoubtedly be considered to be multilingual. This vast linguistic variety, however, is neither promoted nor apprehended properly by the Brazilian government, although there are laws to protect it. Paradoxically, Brazil has always had a Monolingualism- oriented policy. Nevertheless, there are increasingly more parties, as for instance the NGO ‘Amazon Watch’ and ‘Survival’ as well as the Brazilian governmental protection agency ‘FUNAI’, which interest it is to protect the indigenous’ cultural diversity, including their languages.

Author : Alcida Rita Ramos
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : 0299160440

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Indigenism by Alcida Rita Ramos Pdf

Indigenous people comprise only 0.2% of Brazil's population, yet occupy a prominent role in the nation's consciousness. In her important and passionate new book, anthropologist Alcida Ramos explains this irony, exploring Indian and non-Indian attitudes about interethnic relations. Ramos contends that imagery about indigenous people reflects an ambivalence Brazil has about itself as a nation, for Indians reveal Brazilians' contradiction between their pride in ethnic pluralism and desire for national homogeneity. Based on her more than thirty years of fieldwork and activism on behalf of the Yanomami Indians, Ramos explains the complex ideology called indigenism. She evaluates its meaning through the relations of Brazilian Indians with religious and lay institutions, non-governmental organizations, official agencies such as the National Indian Foundation as well as the very discipline of anthropology. Ramos not only examines the imagery created by Brazilians of European descent--members of the Catholic church, government officials, the army and the state agency for Indian affairs--she also scrutinizes Indians' own self portrayals used in defending their ethnic rights against the Brazilian state. Ramos' thoughtful and complete analysis of the relation between indigenous people of Brazil and the state will be of great interest to lawmakers and political theorists, environmental and civil rights activists, developmental specialists and policymakers, and those concerned with human rights in Latin America.

Author : Linda Rabben
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2012-10-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780295804521

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Brazil's Indians and the Onslaught of Civilization by Linda Rabben Pdf

The Yanomami and Kayapó, two indigenous groups of the Amazon rainforest, have become internationally known through their dramatic and highly publicized encounters with “civilization.” Both groups struggle to transcend internal divisions, preserve their traditional culture, and defend their land from depredation, while seeking to benefit from the outside world, yet their prospects for the future seem very different. Placing each group in its historical context, Linda Rabben examines the relationship of the Kayapó and Yanomami to Brazilian society and the wider world. She combines academic research with a wide variety of sources, including celebrated leaders Paulinho Payakan and Davi Kopenawa, to assess how each group has responded to outside incursions. This book is a substantially revised edition of Unnatural Selection: The Yanomami, the Kayapó, and the Onslaught of Civilization, originally published in 1998, and includes a new chapter examining the controversy for anthropologists studying the Yanomami following the publication of Patrick Tierney’s book Darkness in El Dorado. Another new chapter focuses on the resurgence of Northeastern indigenous groups previously thought extinct. The magnitude and significance of indigenous movements has increased greatly, and a new generation of Brazilian indigenous leaders, proficient in Portuguese, is participating in the national political arena. Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2005

Author : Tracy Devine Guzmán
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2013-05-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781469602103

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Native and National in Brazil by Tracy Devine Guzmán Pdf

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 Guzman 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.

Author : Seth Garfield
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2001-09-18
Category : History
ISBN : 0822326655

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Indigenous Struggle at the Heart of Brazil by Seth Garfield Pdf

DIVHow the Xavante Indians have reshaped the Brazilian government’s policies of nationalism and assimiliation./div

Author : Hal Langfur
Publisher : University of New Mexico Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Brazil
ISBN : 9780826338419

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Native Brazil by Hal Langfur Pdf

This volume is a significant contribution to understanding the ways Brazil's native peoples shaped their own histories.

Author : Gertrude Evelyn Dole
Publisher : Washington, Institute for Cross-Cultural Research
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UTEXAS:059173015227682

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Indians of Brazil in the Twentieth Century by Gertrude Evelyn Dole Pdf

Author : Hal Langfur
Publisher : UNM Press
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2014-02-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780826338426

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Native Brazil by Hal Langfur Pdf

The earliest European accounts of Brazil’s indigenous inhabitants focused on the natives’ startling appearance and conduct—especially their nakedness and cannibalistic rituals—and on the process of converting them to clothed, docile Christian vassals. This volume contributes to the unfinished task of moving beyond such polarities and dispelling the stereotypes they fostered, which have impeded scholars’ ability to make sense of Brazil’s rich indigenous past. This volume is a significant contribution to understanding the ways Brazil’s native peoples shaped their own histories. Incorporating the tools of anthropology, geography, cultural studies, and literary analysis, alongside those of history, the contributors revisit old sources and uncover new ones. They examine the Indians’ first encounters with Portuguese explorers and missionaries and pursue the consequences through four centuries. Some of the peoples they investigate were ultimately defeated and displaced by the implacable advance of settlement. Many individuals died from epidemics, frontier massacres, and forced labor. Hundreds of groups eventually disappeared as distinct entities. Yet many others found ways to prolong their independent existence or to enter colonial and later national society, making constrained but pivotal choices along the way.

Author : Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
Publisher : General Secretariat Organization of American States
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Political Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105061869256

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Report on the Situation of Human Rights in Brazil by Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Pdf

D. THE INDIGENOUS LANDS

Author : Siu Lang Carrillo Yap
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2022-02-14
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789004439399

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Land and Forest Rights of Amazonian Indigenous Peoples from a National and International Perspective by Siu Lang Carrillo Yap Pdf

In this book Siu Lang Carrillo Yap compares the land and forest rights of Amazonian indigenous peoples from Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador and Peru, and analyses these rights in the context of international law, property law theory, and natural sciences.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Indians of South America
ISBN : UTEXAS:059173000993754

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Indigenous Brazil by Anonim Pdf

Author : Carmen Junqueira
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Indians of South America
ISBN : UVA:X000282733

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The Brazilian Indigenous Problem and Policy by Carmen Junqueira Pdf

Author : Scott Wallace
Publisher : Crown
Page : 530 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2012-07-24
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780307462978

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The Unconquered by Scott Wallace Pdf

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The extraordinary true story of a journey into the deepest recesses of the Amazon to track one of the planet's last uncontacted indigenous tribes. Even today there remain tribes in the far reaches of the Amazon rainforest that have avoided contact with modern civilization. Deliberately hiding from the outside world, they are the last survivors of an ancient culture that predates the arrival of Columbus in the New World. In this gripping first-person account of adventure and survival, author Scott Wallace chronicles an expedition into the Amazon’s uncharted depths, discovering the rainforest’s secrets while moving ever closer to a possible encounter with one such tribe—the mysterious flecheiros, or “People of the Arrow,” seldom-glimpsed warriors known to repulse all intruders with showers of deadly arrows. On assignment for National Geographic, Wallace joins Brazilian explorer Sydney Possuelo at the head of a thirty-four-man team that ventures deep into the unknown in search of the tribe. Possuelo’s mission is to protect the Arrow People. But the information he needs to do so can only be gleaned by entering a world of permanent twilight beneath the forest canopy. Danger lurks at every step as the expedition seeks out the Arrow People even while trying to avoid them. Along the way, Wallace uncovers clues as to who the Arrow People might be, how they have managed to endure as one of the last unconquered tribes, and why so much about them must remain shrouded in mystery if they are to survive. Laced with lessons from anthropology and the Amazon’s own convulsed history, and boasting a Conradian cast of unforgettable characters—all driven by a passion to preserve the wild, but also wracked by fear, suspicion, and the desperate need to make it home alive—The Unconquered reveals this critical battleground in the fight to save the planet as it has rarely been seen, wrapped in a page-turning tale of adventure.

Author : Ernest C. Migliazza
Publisher : Copenhagen : International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Indians of South America
ISBN : UVA:X000077582

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The Integration of the Indigenous Peoples of the Territory of Roraima, Brazil by Ernest C. Migliazza Pdf