A contemporary affirmative turn: critical and updated review of the bibliography on the Terena
This article provides a brief and critical overview of the bibliography dedicated to the Terena indigenous people. The review emphasizes the antiquity, quantity, and variety of texts, spanning from colonial chronicles in the 16th century, through classical studies of Indigenous Ethnology in the 20th...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | Portuguese |
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Universidade Estadual de Campinas
2026
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| Online Access: | https://econtents.sbu.unicamp.br/inpec/index.php/maloca/article/view/20299 |
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| Summary: | This article provides a brief and critical overview of the bibliography dedicated to the Terena indigenous people. The review emphasizes the antiquity, quantity, and variety of texts, spanning from colonial chronicles in the 16th century, through classical studies of Indigenous Ethnology in the 20th century, to multiple research works in different fields of knowledge in the 21st century. The presumed similarities or proximity of the Terena with the White people are acknowledged as a cross cutting topic in the field across different periods. This problematic focus has resulted in the imposition of certain reducing and negative stigmas by the colonialist imagination on the Terena, such as the images of “índios mansos” [pacific Indians], “peasants", “friendly”, “acculturated” etc. On the other hand, contemporary production reveals a trend of criticism against these stigmas. We propose to call this trend the “affirmative turn” and emphasize, within it, the most recent, original, and promising development in the field – the texts written by indigenous authors. |
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| ISSN: | 2675-3111 |
