Go-betweens and the Colonization of Brazil: 1500-1600
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Do a Marina (La Malinche) ...Pocahontas ...Sacagawea-their names live on in historical memory because these women bridged the indigenous American and European worlds, opening the way for the cultural encounters, collisions, and fusions that shaped the social and even physical landscape of the modern Americas. But these famous individuals were only a few of the many thousands of people who, intentionally or otherwise, served as "go-betweens" as...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0292712766
ISBN13:9780292712768
Release Date:January 2006
Publisher:University of Texas Press
Length:391 Pages
Weight:1.21 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.6" x 8.9"
Customer Reviews
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Interesting, insightful
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago
Brazilian colonialism is unlike its sisters in other places. Unlike the Americas the natives were not exterminated or removed. Unlike Africa, race did not divide people in sexual relations. In short Brazil was a hybrid. It was a hybrid because of the all important 'go betweens' that this book examines, the priests, slaves and natives who lived together and worked together and produced off spring together. An interesting book. Seth J. Frantzman
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