Sentencing Canudos: Subalternity in the Backlands of Brazil
(Part of the Illuminations: Cultural Formations of the Americas Series)
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In the late nineteenth century, the Brazilian army staged several campaigns against the settlement of Canudos in northeastern Brazil. The colony s residents, primarily disenfranchised former slaves, mestizos, landless farmers, and uprooted Indians, followed a man known as Antonio Conselheiro (\u201cThe Counselor\u201d), who promoted a communal existence, free of taxes and oppression. To the fledgling republic of Brazil, the settlement represented...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0822961237
ISBN13:9780822961239
Release Date:December 2010
Publisher:University of Pittsburgh Press
Length:240 Pages
Weight:0.79 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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