Vale of Tears (eBook)

Revisiting the Canudos Massacre in Northeastern Brazil, 1893-1897

Robert M. Levine (Autor)

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2023
365 Seiten
University of California Press (Verlag)
9780520917187 (ISBN)

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The massacre of Canudos In 1897 is a pivotal episode in Brazilian social history. Looking at the event through the eyes of the inhabitants, Levine challenges traditional interpretations and gives weight to the fact that most of the Canudenses were of mixed-raced descent and were thus perceived as opponents to progress and civilization.In 1897 Brazilian military forces destroyed the millenarian settlement of Canudos, murdering as many as 35,000 pious rural folk who had taken refuge in the remote northeast backlands of Brazil. Fictionalized in Mario Vargas Llosa's acclaimed novel, War at the End of the World, Canudos is a pivotal episode in Brazilian social history. When looked at through the eyes of the inhabitants of Canudos, however, this historical incident lends itself to a bold new interpretation which challenges the traditional polemics on the subject. While the Canudos movement has been consistently viewed either as a rebellion of crazed fanatics or as a model of proletarian resistance to oppression, Levine deftly demonstrates that it was, in fact, neither.Vale of Tears probes the reasons for the Brazilian ambivalence toward its social history, giving much weight to the fact that most of the Canudenses were of mixed-race descent. They were perceived as opponents to progress and civilization and, by inference, to Brazil's attempts to "e;whiten"e; itself. As a result there are major insights to be found here into Brazilians' self-image over the past century.The massacre of Canudos In 1897 is a pivotal episode in Brazilian social history. Looking at the event through the eyes of the inhabitants, Levine challenges traditional interpretations and gives weight to the fact that most of the Canudenses were </DIV

Inhalt

PREFACE

Introduction: The Millenarian Tradition 

1. Canudos and the Visao do Litoral: An Overview 
2. The Backlands 
3. New Jerusalem 
4. The Conflict 
5. Conselheiro's Vision 
Conclusion: Canudos as a Millenarian Experience 

NOTES 
BIBLIOGRAPHY 
GLOSSARY 
INDEX

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.11.2023
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: brazilian military forces destroyed settlement • brazilian social history • brazilians self image • canudos movement • challenges traditional interpretations • eyes of the inhabitants • massacre of canudos • model of proletarian resistance to oppression • murdered rural folk • northeast backlands of brazil • rebellion of crazed fanatics
• ISBN-13: 9780520917187 / 9780520917187