Recovering Collective Memory in the Brazilian Amazon
History, Fiction, and Testimony in Deborah Goldemberg’s Valentia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9864451 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Cecília Paiva Ximenes Rodrigues (0000-0002-2460-1017, corresponding author), Cecília Rodrigues |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 102 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 571-581 |
| Publication date | 2019-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Hispania (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-2133 • E-ISSN: 2153-6414 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/hpn.2019.0104 |
| OpenAlex | W2994655032 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 6 |
Anthropologist and author Deborah K. Goldemberg’s novel Valentia (2012) recounts the Cabanagem, a nineteenth-century social uprising in the Amazon wherein mestizos revolted against the Brazilian Empire. Utilizing strategies associated with the new Brazilian historical novel and fictionalizing testimonial interviews she conducted, Goldemberg explores how the defeated insurgents’ experience has been passed on orally to subsequent generations despite its absence from national historical accounts. This hybrid text, which has yet to receive scholarly attention, recovers marginalized collective memory through its dialogue between history, fiction, and testimony
Amazon rainforest · Ancient history · Art · Collective memory · Empire · Literature · Political science · Sociology · Testimonial · Anthropological Studies and Insights · History · Indigenous Studies in Latin America · Law · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |