Changing Narratives of Race and Environment in the Nineteenth-Century and Early-Twentieth-Century Brazilian Amazon
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3818286 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Silvia Espelt-Bombin (0000-0002-5003-6461, University of Exeter), Silvia Espelt‐bombin (University of Exeter UK), Mark Harris (0000-0003-1124-5217, University of St Andrews UK) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 150-163 |
| Publication date | 2019-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Bulletin of Latin American Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0261-3050 • E-ISSN: 1470-9856 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/blar.12782 |
| OpenAlex | W2809515180 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 11 |
The Amazon has been the object of numerous reflections upon the relationship between the natural environment and the categories of human society. This article analyses Brazilian writers who considered the relations between space and race over the course of the nineteenth century and early twentieth century. It focuses on João Henrique de Mattos, José Veríssimo and Euclides da Cunha, placing them in relation to each other and within local, national and international discourses on race, nature and development. Its aim is to examine how a racialised geographical understanding of the Amazon changed over the course of the nineteenth century and was tied to Brazilian nation-building
Amazon rainforest · Art · Ethnology · Geography · Literature · Narrative · Object (grammar · Race (biology · Relation (database · Sociology · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development · Anthropology · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Gender Studies · History · Philosophy · Politics and Society in Latin America · Ecology
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |