The vigorous core of our nationality
Subtitle: race and regional identity in northeastern Brazil
By: Stanley E. Blake
Series: Pitt Latin American series; Pitt Latin American series
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Pittsburgh, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 315
ISBN-13: 9780822961338
Subjects: Race relations; Civilization; Group identity; Social conditions; Brazilian National characteristics; Regionalism
Description: This book explores conceptualizations of regional identity and a distinct population group known as nordestinos in northeastern Brazil during a crucial historical period. Beginning with the abolition of slavery and ending with the demise of the Estado Novo under Getúlio Vargas, the author examines the paradoxical concept of the nordestino and the importance of these debates to the process of state and nation building.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-307) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : nordeste and nation; title: The nineteenth-century origins of the nordestino, 1850-1870; title: Racial science in Pernambuco, 1870-1910; title: The medicalization of nordestinos, 1910-1925; title: Social hygiene : the science of reform, 1925-1940; title: Mental hygiene : the science of character, 1925-1940; title: Inventing the homem do nordeste : race, region, and the state, 1925-1940.