Gender and race in casa-grande & senzala and “racial democracy” in contemporary Brazil
The first part of this paper explores the racial relations in the narrative of the myth of the three races found in Gilberto Freire’s Casa-grande & Senzala (The Masters and the Slaves 1933). This myth is seen as the key component of the Brazilian collective memory, regarded as the col-lectiv...
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| Language: | Portuguese |
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Universidade Estadual de Campinas
2003
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| Online Access: | https://econtents.sbu.unicamp.br/inpec/index.php/tematicas/article/view/13562 |
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| Summary: | The first part of this paper explores the racial relations in the narrative of the myth of the three races found in Gilberto Freire’s Casa-grande & Senzala (The Masters and the Slaves 1933). This myth is seen as the key component of the Brazilian collective memory, regarded as the col-lective memory of the White dominant group laid down as the official collective memory of the nation. Based upon the categories of sex/gender, race and class, the second part analyses the issues of hierarchies, racialization of sex and sexualization of the races involved in Freire’s discur-sive construction of the human groups present at the genesis of the nation. It then shows the “roles” and social status this author assigned to the groups he constructed. The third part objecti-vizes Freire’s anti-racism, its content and its characteristics. Finally, the text hinges its analysisupon the current defense of the racial democracy by scholars from the field of racial relations, wondering: after all, which material and symbolic interests are involved in this relentless defense of the myth of the three races as the essence of the Brazilian national identity? |
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| ISSN: | 2595-315X |
