{"id":7723,"date":"2017-10-07T23:36:54","date_gmt":"2017-10-07T23:36:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/?p=7723"},"modified":"2017-10-07T23:36:54","modified_gmt":"2017-10-07T23:36:54","slug":"brazilian-literature-brasil-uma-biografia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/brazilian-literature-brasil-uma-biografia\/","title":{"rendered":"[Brazilian literature] – Brasil: Uma biografia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Biographies are, by definition, a literary genre that aims to provide a person\u2019s life history, describing their experience, main events and relationships in detail. In <\/span>Brasil: Uma biografia<\/span><\/i> (Brazil: a biography) by scholars Lilian Schwarcz and Heloisa Starling, though the approach is the same, there is a little twist to it: the protagonist is our country, Brazil. <\/span><\/p>\n

Palavras-chave | keywords: <\/span>pa\u00eds<\/span><\/i> (country), <\/span>hist\u00f3ria<\/span><\/i> (history), <\/span>passado<\/span><\/i> (past), <\/span>na\u00e7\u00e3o<\/span><\/i> (nation)<\/span>, <\/span>livro<\/span><\/i> (book), personagem<\/em> (character), leitura<\/em> (reading)<\/span><\/h3>\n

Through this unconventional proposal, the two <\/span>autoras <\/span><\/i>(authors) choose Brazil as the <\/span>personagem principal<\/span><\/i> (main character) of their<\/span> livro<\/span><\/i> (book), using an involving prose that results in a pleasant reading to anyone that is interested in <\/span>aprender<\/span><\/i> (learning) more about our nation\u2019s <\/span>passado <\/span><\/i>(past).<\/span><\/p>\n

As autoras | The authors<\/b><\/h3>\n
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Helo\u00edsa e Lilian respectively (photo by UFMG)<\/p><\/div>\n

Lilia Schwarcz is a historian and anthropologist from S\u00e3o Paulo, head of renowned Brazilian publisher <\/span>Companhia das Letras<\/span><\/i>. She is a professor at USP (Universidade de S\u00e3o Paulo) and bibliography includes over <\/span>quatorze<\/span><\/i> (14) books focusing mostly on issues of<\/span> ra\u00e7a<\/span><\/i> (race), <\/span>hist\u00f3ria <\/span><\/i>(hist\u00f3ria) and imperial era Brazil. <\/span><\/p>\n

Helo\u00edsa Starling is a political scientist who teaches at UFMG (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais) at the humanities department. Among her areas of expertise is Brazilian republic and dictatorship.<\/span><\/p>\n

O livro | The book<\/b><\/h3>\n
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Capa do livro | Book cover (photo by Companhia das Letras)<\/p><\/div>\n

Divided into several major historic moments, the narrative reflects upon our past and our history and how this nation was built, offering the authors\u2019 perspective on events with a critical outlook. Throughout these <\/span>cinco<\/span><\/i> (5) centuries, their careful <\/span>pesquisa<\/span><\/i> (research) guide us through a portrait of Brazil, its <\/span>ra\u00edzes<\/span><\/i> (roots) and trajectory comprising the early said \u2018encounter\u2019 with the Europeans, the lasting impact of their arrival in our territory, the period of colonization with a discussion of the colonial system and its consequent crisis, the importance of African culture to help shape our formation, the independence from Portugal, Brazilian republic and military dictatorship.<\/span><\/p>\n

Schwarcz and Starling follow a chronological order of<\/span> fatos<\/span><\/i> (facts) to examine our <\/span>identidade nacional <\/span><\/i>(national identity) and the political, economical, cultural social conflicts that have constituted this <\/span>pa\u00eds<\/span><\/i> (country). Their account, at the same time objective and detailed, \u00a0document over the <\/span>anos<\/span><\/i> (years), but also debunk many myths. <\/span>Brasil: Uma biografia <\/span><\/i>reveals this complex, yet fascinating subject. A plural and diverse land formed by Portuguese, indigenous people, africans and foreign immigrants that have resulted in this often contradictory anti-hero named Brazil.<\/span><\/p>\n

Here is a list of cap\u00edtulos<\/em> (chapters) so you can have a brief overview:<\/p>\n

Acervos pesquisados e suas abreviaturas 9
\nIntrodu\u00e7\u00e3o ou \u201cO Brasil fica bem perto daqui\u201d 13
\n1. Primeiro veio o nome, depois uma terra chamada Brasil 21
\n2. T\u00e3o doce como amarga: a civiliza\u00e7\u00e3o do a\u00e7\u00facar 50
\n3. Toma l\u00e1 d\u00e1 c\u00e1: o sistema escravocrata e a naturaliza\u00e7\u00e3o da viol\u00eancia 79
\n4. \u00c9 ouro! 107
\n5. Revoltas, conjura\u00e7\u00f5es, motins e sedi\u00e7\u00f5es no para\u00edso dos tr\u00f3picos 129
\n6. Homens \u00e0 vista: uma corte ao mar 151
\n7. D. Jo\u00e3o e seu reino americano 172
\n8. Quem foi para Portugal perdeu o lugar: vai o pai, fica o filho 200
\n9. Habemus independ\u00eancia: instabilidade combina com Primeiro Reinado 223
\n10. Reg\u00eancias ou o som do sil\u00eancio 243
\n11. Segundo Reinado: enfim uma na\u00e7\u00e3o nos\u00a0tr\u00f3picos 267
\n12. Ela vai cair: o fim da monarquia no Brasil 291
\n13. A Primeira Rep\u00fablica e o povo nas ruas 318
\n14. Samba, malandragem e muito autoritarismo na g\u00eanese do Brasil moderno 351
\n15. Yes, n\u00f3s temos democracia 386
\n16. Os anos 1950-1960: a bossa, a democracia e o pa\u00eds subdesenvolvido 412
\n17. No fio da navalha: ditadura, oposi\u00e7\u00e3o e resist\u00eancia 437
\n18. No caminho da democracia: a transi\u00e7\u00e3o para o poder civil e as
\nambiguidades\u00a0e\u00a0heran\u00e7as da ditadura militar 467
\nConclus\u00e3o \u2014 Hist\u00f3ria n\u00e3o \u00e9 conta de somar 499
\nNotas 509
\nRefer\u00eancias bibliogr\u00e1ficas 563
\nCronologia 599
\nAgradecimentos 633
\nCr\u00e9ditos das imagens 637
\n\u00cdndice remissivo 645<\/p>\n

Are you intrigued? You can purchase it at Amazon (or any other online bookstore of your choosing): <\/span>https:\/\/www.amazon.com.br\/Brasil-Biografia-Lilia-M-Schwarcz\/dp\/853592566X\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1507418341&sr=8-1&keywords=brasil+uma+biografia<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Boa semana! Have a good week!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Biographies are, by definition, a literary genre that aims to provide a person\u2019s life history, describing their experience, main events and relationships in detail. In Brasil: Uma biografia (Brazil: a biography) by scholars Lilian Schwarcz and Heloisa Starling, though the approach is the same, there is a little twist to it: the protagonist is our…<\/p>\n

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