Resumen: El objetivo de este artículo es analizar las relaciones entre indios y negros en la Amazonía, en la segunda mitad del siglo xix, concretamente en la región del río Trombetas, marcada por la fuerte presencia de pueblos indígenas y... more
Resumen: El objetivo de este artículo es analizar las relaciones entre indios y negros en la Amazonía, en la segunda mitad del siglo xix, concretamente en la región del río Trombetas, marcada por la fuerte presencia de pueblos indígenas y comunidades mocambeiras. Basándonos en documentos oficiales, relatos de viaje y en periódicos de la época, analizamos las estrategias creadas por los in-dios y negros de esa región para escapar de las políticas de control del Imperio brasileño. Se concluye que, a pesar de las muchas divergencias, estos grupos fueron capaces de establecer alianzas que envolvían relaciones de compadraz-go, protección contra las acciones misionales y de las tropas policiales, además de una intensa relación de comercio. Abstract: The objective of this article is to analyze the relationships between In-dians and black people in the Amazon in the second half of the 19th century, specifically in the Trombetas River region, marked by the strong presence of indigenous people and mocambeiras communities. Based on official documents, travelers reports, and newspapers of the time, we analyze the strategies created by the Indians and black people of that region to escape the control policies of the Brazilian Empire. Thus, despite many divergences, these groups were able to establish alliances, involving compadrazgo relations, protection against missionary and armed troops, as well as an intense commercial relationship.
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Resumo O artigo discute a maneira como os índios interpretavam os presentes ou brindes que lhes eram oferecidos como parte do processo de catequese e civilização na Amazônia do século XIX. A análise de documentos oficiais, relatos de... more
Resumo O artigo discute a maneira como os índios interpretavam os presentes ou brindes que lhes eram oferecidos como parte do processo de catequese e civilização na Amazônia do século XIX. A análise de documentos oficiais, relatos de viajantes e notícias de jornais permite constatar que os índios, muito longe de serem pessoas ingênuas que se deixavam seduzir por objetos de pouco valor, atribuíam significados próprios aos brindes, traduzindo-os e assimilando-os de acordo com regras determinadas por suas próprias culturas. A leitura indígena dos brindes demonstra que tais objetos não devem ser pensados apenas em torno de seu valor comercial, mas sobretudo pela dimensão simbólica que regulava essas transações do ponto de vista dos indígenas. Palavras-chave: perspectiva indígena; brindes; Amazônia.
Abstract The article discusses how the Indians interpreted the gifts offered to them as part of the process of catechesis and civilization in the nineteenth century Amazon. Starting from the analysis of official documents , travelers' accounts and newspaper reports it appears that the Indians, far from being naive people who let themselves be seduced by undervalued objects, ascribed their own meanings to the gifts, translating and assimilating them accordingly to the rules determined by their own cultures. The indigenous reading of the gifts shows that such objects should not be approached only by their commercial value, but mainly from the symbolic dimension which governed these transactions from the point of view of the natives.
Abstract The article discusses how the Indians interpreted the gifts offered to them as part of the process of catechesis and civilization in the nineteenth century Amazon. Starting from the analysis of official documents , travelers' accounts and newspaper reports it appears that the Indians, far from being naive people who let themselves be seduced by undervalued objects, ascribed their own meanings to the gifts, translating and assimilating them accordingly to the rules determined by their own cultures. The indigenous reading of the gifts shows that such objects should not be approached only by their commercial value, but mainly from the symbolic dimension which governed these transactions from the point of view of the natives.
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O artigo analisa o processo de espetacularização do Círio de Nazaré que, com sua ênfase exagerada no turismo religioso, tem gerado efeitos perversos sobre esta prática cultural, afastando-a de suas bases populares, transformando o Círio... more
O artigo analisa o processo de espetacularização do Círio de Nazaré que, com sua ênfase exagerada no turismo religioso, tem gerado efeitos perversos sobre esta prática cultural, afastando-a de suas bases populares, transformando o Círio de Nazaré num produto midiático a ser consumido por turistas ávidos por exotismo.
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O artigo analisa as relações entre os índios e os comerciantes ambulantes que, na Amazônia do século XIX, eram conhecidos como regatões. Com base em documentos da época, constata-se que nem sempre os índios foram vítimas ingênuas e... more
O artigo analisa as relações entre os índios e os comerciantes ambulantes que, na Amazônia do século XIX, eram conhecidos como regatões. Com base em documentos da época, constata-se que nem sempre os índios foram vítimas ingênuas e passivas diante dos regatões e que é necessário enfatizar a dimensão simbólica das trocas, a fim de recuperar o protagonismo indígena nas relações estabelecidas com os comerciantes e com as mercadorias que eles vendiam.
Dossiê que fundamentou a concessão do título de Patrimônio Cultural Imaterial Brasileiro ao Círio de Nazaré.
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This article discusses the contributions of Michel Foucault's work for the understanding of the intimate registrations that the Brazilian general José Vieira Couto of Magalhães did on his own diary, written in its majority in London, in... more
This article discusses the contributions of Michel Foucault's work for the understanding of the intimate registrations that the Brazilian general José Vieira Couto of Magalhães did on his own diary, written in its majority in London, in the second half of XIX century, time supposedly marked by the repressive rigidities of the Victorian morals. When registering his intimacy, their erotic hetero and homossexual dreams erotic in full details, as well as conducts and sexual passions considered to that time as diverted of the normality, the intimate diary of Couto of Magalhães constitutes a reinforcement of the critic to the "repressive hypothesis" developed by Foucault in his project of a history of the sexuality. On the other hand, the legitimacy of the intimate diaries is evidenced while research source in the social sciences.
This discussion of the relations between folklore and popular medicine in the Amazon takes Canuto Azevedo's story "Filhos do boto" (Children of the porpoise) as an analytical reference point. Replete with elements of cultural reality,... more
This discussion of the relations between folklore and popular medicine in the Amazon takes Canuto Azevedo's story "Filhos do boto" (Children of the porpoise) as an analytical reference point. Replete with elements of cultural reality, folk tales can serve as historical testimonies expressing clashes between different traditions. Folk records are fruit of what is often a quarrelsome dialogue between folklorists, social scientists, physicians, and pajés and their followers, and their analysis should take into account the conditions under which they were produced. Based on the imaginary attached to the figure of the porpoise - a seductive creature with healing powers - the article explores how we might expand knowledge of popular medicine as practiced in the Amazon, where the shamanistic rite known as pajelança cabocla has a strong presence.
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Artigo publicado no jornal O Liberal sobre os arraiais do Círio no século XIX.