THE THEATER OF THE CLAIM: RITUALITY AND TERRITORIALIZATION IN THE CREATION OF INDIAN VILLAGES ANTIQUE CAPITANY OF PORTO SEGURO (1764/1772)
This paper examines the ritual acclamation of Indian villages created in the former Captaincy of Porto Seguro in the second half of the eighteenth century. Borrowing the idea thompsoniana dramatization of the exercise of power, the approach presented here seeks to demonstrate how the acts of foun...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Portuguese |
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Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
2013-06-01
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| Series: | Clio: Revista de Pesquisa Histórica |
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| Online Access: | https://periodicos.ufpe.br/revistas/revistaclio/article/view/24400/19751 |
| Summary: | This paper examines the ritual acclamation of Indian villages created in the former
Captaincy of Porto Seguro in the second half of the eighteenth century. Borrowing the idea
thompsoniana dramatization of the exercise of power, the approach presented here seeks to
demonstrate how the acts of foundations of new villages demonstrating not only the absolute royal
power, but also all the principles, values and institutions that sought to legitimize and ensure
dominium playback on a Portuguese territory inserted under the Old Colonial System. Performing
while a reinvented tradition, these rites of institution adapted to an audience primarily indigenous,
embodying the purpose of demarcating a boundary between an area supposedly savage and civilized
another hypothetically. |
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| ISSN: | 2525-5649 2525-5649 |