Changing narratives of race and environment in the nineteenth-century and early-twentieth-century Brazilian Amazon

Silvia Espelt-Bombin; Mark Harris

doi:10.1111/blar.12782

Changing narratives of race and environment in the nineteenth-century and early-twentieth-century Brazilian Amazon

Silvia Espelt-Bombin, Mark Harris

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	150-163
Number of pages	14
Journal	Bulletin of Latin American Research
Volume	38
Issue number	2
Early online date	22 Jun 2018
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/blar.12782
Publication status	Published - 23 Apr 2019

Keywords

Amazon
Brazil
Environment
Identity
Nation-building
Race

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