A religião do tamanho do mundo
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2011-12-13
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FRANÇA, Jean Marcel Carvalho [UNESP]
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Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
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O presente ensaio aborda a literatura de viagem sobre o Brasil, escrita ao longo dos séculos XVI, XVII e XVIII, com o intuito de extrair, daí, uma pequena amostra da imagem que os europeus construíram de um dos traços que, aos seus olhos, mais se destacavam na população local: a religiosidade desmedida e festiva. Trata-se, pois, de uma tentativa muito limitada de mapear uma pequena parte das “verdades” sobre o Brasil e suas gentes que o habitante do Velho Mundo construiu e partilhou ao longo dos séculos, verdades que, em larga medida, guiaram as suas ações nesta parte do globo.
This essay focuses on travel literature, about Brazil, written during the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries in order to extract examples of the image that Europeans had constructed, of one of the features that, in their eyes, stood out most among the local population: rampant and festive religiosity. It is therefore a very limited attempt to map a small part of these truths about Brazil and its people, which the inhabitants of the Old World built and shared over the centuries; “truths” that largely guided their actions in this part of the globe.
This essay focuses on travel literature, about Brazil, written during the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries in order to extract examples of the image that Europeans had constructed, of one of the features that, in their eyes, stood out most among the local population: rampant and festive religiosity. It is therefore a very limited attempt to map a small part of these truths about Brazil and its people, which the inhabitants of the Old World built and shared over the centuries; “truths” that largely guided their actions in this part of the globe.
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Religiosity, Travelers, Images of Brazil, Customs in Portuguese America, Religiosidade, Viajantes, Imagens do Brasil, Costumes na América Portuguesa
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Patrimônio e Memória, v. 7, n. 2, p. 55-66.