Sentencing Canudos: Subalternity in the Backlands of Brazil

(Part of the Illuminations: Cultural Formations of the Americas Series)

by Adriana Michele Campos Johnson

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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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Sentencing Canudos: Subalternity in the Backlands of Brazil

(Part of the Illuminations: Cultural Formations of the Americas Series)

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