THE THEATER OF THE CLAIM: RITUALITY AND TERRITORIALIZATION IN THE CREATION OF INDIAN VILLAGES ANTIQUE CAPITANY OF PORTO SEGURO (1764/1772)

This paper examines the ritual acclamation of Indian villages created in the former Captaincy of Porto Seguro in the second half of the eighteenth century. Borrowing the idea thompsoniana dramatization of the exercise of power, the approach presented here seeks to demonstrate how the acts of foun...

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Main Author: Francisco Cancela
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Published: Universidade Federal de Pernambuco 2013-06-01
Series:Clio: Revista de Pesquisa Histórica
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Online Access:https://periodicos.ufpe.br/revistas/revistaclio/article/view/24400/19751
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description This paper examines the ritual acclamation of Indian villages created in the former Captaincy of Porto Seguro in the second half of the eighteenth century. Borrowing the idea thompsoniana dramatization of the exercise of power, the approach presented here seeks to demonstrate how the acts of foundations of new villages demonstrating not only the absolute royal power, but also all the principles, values and institutions that sought to legitimize and ensure dominium playback on a Portuguese territory inserted under the Old Colonial System. Performing while a reinvented tradition, these rites of institution adapted to an audience primarily indigenous, embodying the purpose of demarcating a boundary between an area supposedly savage and civilized another hypothetically.
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THE THEATER OF THE CLAIM: RITUALITY AND TERRITORIALIZATION IN THE CREATION OF INDIAN VILLAGES ANTIQUE CAPITANY OF PORTO SEGURO (1764/1772)
Clio: Revista de Pesquisa Histórica
Rite of institution
Villages of Indians
Captaincy of Porto Seguro
title THE THEATER OF THE CLAIM: RITUALITY AND TERRITORIALIZATION IN THE CREATION OF INDIAN VILLAGES ANTIQUE CAPITANY OF PORTO SEGURO (1764/1772)
title_full THE THEATER OF THE CLAIM: RITUALITY AND TERRITORIALIZATION IN THE CREATION OF INDIAN VILLAGES ANTIQUE CAPITANY OF PORTO SEGURO (1764/1772)
title_fullStr THE THEATER OF THE CLAIM: RITUALITY AND TERRITORIALIZATION IN THE CREATION OF INDIAN VILLAGES ANTIQUE CAPITANY OF PORTO SEGURO (1764/1772)
title_full_unstemmed THE THEATER OF THE CLAIM: RITUALITY AND TERRITORIALIZATION IN THE CREATION OF INDIAN VILLAGES ANTIQUE CAPITANY OF PORTO SEGURO (1764/1772)
title_short THE THEATER OF THE CLAIM: RITUALITY AND TERRITORIALIZATION IN THE CREATION OF INDIAN VILLAGES ANTIQUE CAPITANY OF PORTO SEGURO (1764/1772)
title_sort theater of the claim rituality and territorialization in the creation of indian villages antique capitany of porto seguro 1764 1772
topic Rite of institution
Villages of Indians
Captaincy of Porto Seguro
url https://periodicos.ufpe.br/revistas/revistaclio/article/view/24400/19751
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