Smallpox Plague in Colonial Brazil Historical Tragedy or Genocide
A Peste das Bexigas no Brasil Colonial: Tragédia Histórica ou genocídio
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21736614 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ronaldo Vainfas (0000-0003-0069-0374, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Publication date | 2021-04-23 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | BRATHAIR - REVISTA DE ESTUDOS CELTAS E GERMÂNICOS (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1519-9053 • E-ISSN: 1519-9053 |
| Publisher | Universidade Estadual do Maranhao (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.18817/brathair.v20i2.2550 |
| OpenAlex | W3162375941 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 3 |
This article studies the impact the16th century smallpox pandemic had on the indigenous population of the Brazilian coast. It offers a comparison between the spread of smallpox in colonial America and the European Black Plague in the Late Middle Ages. It discusses the smallpox pandemic in the context of Iberian colonization, especially the Portuguese one. It analyzes the hypothesis of the African origin of the strain of smallpox spread in Brazil. It also examines quantitative evidence on native mortality, relating it to the procedures adopted in the Jesuit villages. Finally, it evaluates the relevance of concepts such as Genocide or Necropolitics for the studies on the smallpox pandemic in the 16th century
Ancient history · Archaeology · Biology · Colonialism · Ethnology · Genocide · Geography · Indigenous · Influenza pandemic · Pandemic · Political science · Population · Smallpox · Smallpox vaccine · Sociology · Vaccination · Vaccinia · Demography · History · History of Medicine and Tropical Health · Law · Medicine · Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies · Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research · Ecology · Virology
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |