TERRA BOA, BAD PEOPLE: HISTORY AND MEMORY OF DEGREDO IN BRAZIL.
Based on primary sources, ❑ text investigates the history of Portuguese degredados in colonial Brazil, also examining how historiography constructed images of degredados through the ages. The article argues that one of the strongest and most enduring representations of the Brazilian people - that of...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Portuguese |
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Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
2006-06-01
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| Series: | Clio: Revista de Pesquisa Histórica |
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| Online Access: | https://periodicos.ufpe.br/revistas/revistaclio/article/view/24756 |
| Summary: | Based on primary sources, ❑ text investigates the history of Portuguese degredados in colonial Brazil, also examining how historiography constructed images of degredados through the ages. The article argues that one of the strongest and most enduring representations of the Brazilian people - that of a "bad people" inhabiting a "good land" - partially constructed by historiography, is related to the presence of the degredados in the country and the memory built on they. |
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| ISSN: | 2525-5649 2525-5649 |