Nossa and nuestra América : inter-American dialogues / Robert Patrick Newcomb.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Newcomb, Robert Patrick.

Series:

Purdue studies in Romance literatures ; v. 52.

Purdue studies in Romance literatures

Language:

English

Portuguese

Subjects (All):

Brazilian literature--History and criticism.

Brazilian literature.

Spanish American literature--History and criticism.

Spanish American literature.

Comparative literature--Brazilian and Spanish American.

Comparative literature.

Comparative literature--Spanish American and Brazilian.

Nationalism and literature--Brazil.

Nationalism and literature.

Latin America--Civilization.

Latin America.

Civilization.

Brazil.

Physical Description:

viii, 264 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

West Lafayette, Ind. : Purdue University Press, [2012]

Language Note:

Extracts from Portuguese sources with English translation.

Summary:

Scholars of literature seek to bridge the gap between Spanish and Portuguese traditions in Latin America, that is, for Brazil and the rest of Latin America to recognize each other as neighbors. They discuss counterposing nossa and nuestra America; Iberoamerica, the Magna Patria, and the question of Brazil; monarchy's end and the South Americanization of Brazil; culture, humanism, and Brazil's place in the American utopia; and obscured by roots of Rodo in Raizes do Brasil. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Chapter 1 Counterposing Nossa and Nuestra América 7

I "Latin America": A Brief History of a Controversial Idea 11

II The Problem: Brazil as Necessarily Problematic 20

III One Side of the Coin: Spanish American Identity Projection 24

IV The Other Side of the Coin: Brazilian Exceptionalism 32

V Simón Bolívar: Brazil at the Margins of "Meridional America" 44

VI José Bonifácio: Armed Spaniards, Young Republics, and the "Tempered Monarchy" 49

Chapter 2 José Enrique Rodó: "Iberoamérica," the Magna Patria and the Question of Brazil 57

I A Maestro in Spanish America, a Virtual Unknown in Brazil 60

II The Americanista Paradigm, Language, and the Magna Patria 64

III All of the Latin American Nations, including Brazil? 76

Chapter 3 Joaquim Nabuco: Monarchy's End and the "South Americanization" of Brazil 87

I The Formation of a Monarchist and Abolutionist 93

II The Ends of Constitutional Monarchy 97

III Monarchy's End and the Threat of "South Americanization" 109

IV Balmaceda: Chile's "Parliamentary Republic" as a Solution for Brazil 117

Chapter 4 Alfonso Reyes: Culture, Humanism, and Brazil's Place in the American Utopia 135

I Reyes, a "Many-Tentacled Octopus" 138

II Moderation, Continuity, and the Defense of Culture 141

III Critical Humanism, the Public Intellectual, and the Example of Reyes 151

IV Latin America's Utopian Vocation: Última Tule 159

V Reyes's Vision of Brazil in America: Language and Utopia 165

Chapter 5 Sérgio Buarque de Holanda: Obscured Roots of Rodó in Raizes do Brasil 183

I Buarque, a Lost Child of Ariel? 186

II From a Theory of America to the Roots of Brazil 195

III Rodó, Entangled in Buarque's Roots, Lost in Paz's Labyrinth 205.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781557536037

1557536031

9781612491516

1612491510

9781612491509

1612491502

OCLC:

706019531