Machado de Assis: prejudice, abolition, and canonization

In denouncing and foreseeing, in fiction, the focus on racism – one of the worst facets of the slave ideology – Machado de Assis calls attention to the danger of erasing African descendancy in Brazil, in view of the fact that African descendancy was threathened to be aborted at source.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Scarpelli, Marli Fantini
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2008
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ)
Repositorio:Matraga (Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.www.e-publicacoes.uerj.br:article/27886
Acceso en línea:https://www.e-publicacoes.uerj.br/matraga/article/view/27886
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:slave ideology
racism
African descendancy.
ideologia escravagista
racismo
afro-descendência.
Descripción
Sumario:In denouncing and foreseeing, in fiction, the focus on racism – one of the worst facets of the slave ideology – Machado de Assis calls attention to the danger of erasing African descendancy in Brazil, in view of the fact that African descendancy was threathened to be aborted at source.