The Roots of a Plant that Today is Brazil

Indians and the Nation-State under the Brazilian Estado Novo

Bibliographic Data

ID4018140
AuthorsSidney Garfield (0009-0006-9378-1409, Bowdoin College, corresponding author), Seth Garfield
Year1997
Volume29
Issue3
Pages747-768
Publication date1997-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Latin American Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-216X • E-ISSN: 1469-767X
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0022216x97004847
OpenAlexW2169548251
LanguageEN
Citations received7

This article looks at the construction of the Indian by government officials and intellectuals during the Estado Novo (1937–45), and the efforts of indigenous peoples to engage these images. State officials – concerned with national consolidation, territorial defense, and racial pedigree – upheld the Indian as an icon who had made invaluable contributions to Brazilian historical and cultural formation. The proto-patriot, however, could only be fully redeemed through government tutelage. Confronted by an ambiguous state project, indigenous groups demonstrated varied responses

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