Formation of Souls: Imagery of the Republic in Brazil (Kellogg Institute Series on Democracy and Development) - Softcover

Carvalho, José Murilo De

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0268035261 ISBN 13: 9780268035266

Verlag: University of Notre Dame Press, 2012

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In The Formation of Souls: Imagery of the Republic in Brazil, Jose Murilo de Carvalho examines the birth of the Brazilian Republic in 1889. Given that the majority of the population of Brazil participated very little in the change from an empire to a republic, what allowed the new government to consolidate its power? As a part of the answer to this question, Carvalho analyses a collection of republican symbols, images, allegories, and myths of the period as attempts by various republican political elites to shape the collective social imagination. As Carvalho explains, the expansion of popular participation in republican ideals would have been nearly impossible through a purely theoretical, ideological discourse, so it had to be achieved by more universal, accessible means, appealing to collective sentiment through stories and images of heroes and founding fathers, images of women, and national flags and anthems. In this concise but heavily illustrated study, Carvalho demonstrates how the foundational symbols created for the new republic reflected important ideological battles over the nature of the new Brazilian regime. He evaluates the acceptance or rejection of these symbols by the public, that is, their efficacy or failure in promoting the legitimisation of the new political system and redefining the collective identity of Brazilians. Available for the first time in an English translation, The Formation of Souls: Imagery of the Republic in Brazil will appeal to all students and scholars of history, political science, and Latin American studies who are interested in one of the key moments of Brazilian political history.

Biografía del autor:

Jose Murilo de Carvalho is professor of history at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. He has published twelve books, including Cidadania ano Brasil: O longo caminho (2001), and the biography D. Pedro II: Ser ou nao ser (2007).

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• Verlag: University of Notre Dame Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0268035261
• ISBN 13: 9780268035266
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 192