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Racial Revolutions a john hope franklin center book a book in the series LatinAmericaOtherwise:Languages,Empires,Nations series editors: walter d. mignolo, duke university irene silverblatt, duke university sonia saldívar-hull, university of california at los angeles Racial Revolutions AntiracismandIndianResurgenceinBrazil jonathan w. warren DukeUniversityPress DurhamandLondon2001 ©2001DukeUniversityPress Allrightsreserved PrintedintheUnitedStatesonacid-freepaper(cid:4) TypesetinQuadraatbyTsengInformationSystems,Inc. LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData appearonthelastprintedpageofthisbook.Royalties fromthisbookwillbedonatedtotheIndiansofEastern Brazil.InitialfundswillsupportProjectoArana. AbouttheSeries Latin America Otherwise: Languages, Empires, Nations is a critical series. It aimstoexploretheemergenceandconsequencesofconceptsusedto define‘‘LatinAmerica’’whileatthesametimeexploringthebroadinter- playofpolitical,economic,andculturalpracticesthathaveshapedLatin Americanworlds.LatinAmerica,atthecrossroadsofcompetingim- perialdesignsandlocalresponses,hasbeenconstruedasageocultural andgeopoliticalentitysincethenineteenthcentury.Thisseriesprovides astartingpointtoredefineLatinAmericaasaconfigurationofpolitical, linguistic,cultural,andeconomicintersectionsthatdemandacontinu- ousreappraisaloftheroleoftheAmericasinhistory,andoftheongoing processofglobalizationandtherelocationofpeopleandculturesthat havecharacterizedLatinAmerica’sexperience.LatinAmericaOtherwise: Languages,Empires,Nationsisaforumthatconfrontsestablishedgeocul- turalconstructions,thatrethinksareastudiesanddisciplinarybound- aries,thatassessesconvictionsoftheacademyandofpublicpolicy,and that, correspondingly, demands that the practices through which we produceknowledgeandunderstandingaboutandfromLatinAmerica besubjecttorigorousandcriticalscrutiny. InRacialRevolutions:AntiracismandIndianResurgenceinBrazilJonathan Warren analyzes the complexities of race in Brazil bycontrasting the MaxakaliCreationStory,theinaugurationofBrasíliainthe1960s,and theideologyofmodernizationanddevelopmentthatdefinedthefirst twenty-fiveyearsoftheColdWar.TheBrazilianstatefounditself ina newworldorderand,liketherestof LatinAmerica,challengedbyin- digenouspeoples. ThroughtheemblematicsceneofthePataxóIndianGaldinoJesus dosSantos,whofoundhimselflostinthecityofBrasíliaontheeveof itsthirty-seventhanniversaryandendedupbrutallymurdered,Warren weavessocioeconomicconflictswithhegemonicsocialdiscourses,the latterof which also justifies exploitation of laborand discriminatory appropriationoflandbyclaimingwhiteentitlementtoboth.Warren’s narrativeandargumentclearlydemonstratethatthebuilt-incomplicity betweencolonialismandracismcanonlybeunderstoodbyexamining eachspecificcountryinthecontextofmodernandcolonialworldsys- tems.TheracialconfigurationofBrazilinthepastfiftyyearstherefore cannotbeunderstoodwithintheconfinesofnationalhistoryalone. ToFranceWinddanceTwine, &inmemoryofmygrandfather, FrederickA.Roberts(1913–1968) Contents ListofIllustrations xi Acknowledgments xiii ListofAbbreviations xix Introduction:MaxakaliCreationStory 1 1.PosttraditionalIndians 5 2.MethodologicalReflections 34 3.TheStateofIndianExorcism 54 4.RacialStocksandBrazilianBonds 93 5.PropheticChristianity,IndigenousMobilization 137 6.TheCommonSenseofRacialFormation 164 7.IndianJudges 207 8.ContestingWhiteSupremacy 234 Epilogue 280 AppendixA:Questionnaire,1995–1997 283 AppendixB:Questionnaire,1992–1994 285 AppendixC:BiographicalDataofIndianInterviewees 287 AppendixD:BiographicalDataofNon-IndianInterviewees 291 Notes 297 Glossary 339 Bibliography 341 Index 353
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