The discovery of Portugal. A trip to an afflicted country

1029 Pages·2014·7.22 MB·English

Title:
Colonialisms, Post-colonialisms and Lusophonies – Proceedings of
the 4th International Congress in Cultural Studies
Coordination:
Maria Manuel Baptista e Sara Vidal Maia
Editing:
Programa Doutoral em Estudos Culturais
ISBN 978-989-98219-2-7
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INDEX
0 Keynote speakers 13
Herbert Ekwe-Ekwe Paradox of functionality? On the postcolonial/ post-conquest
state in Africa 14
João Paes Loureiro Daydreaming meditation between the river and the forest
(Amazonian Culture generating knowledge) 24
SESSION 1 Communication and technologies, colonisation
and decolonisation 1 31
Genaro Oliveira Decolonization 2.0: Digital tools and challenges to Latin
American historical discourses 32
Genivalda Cândido da Silva Sanctuary of Senhor Bom Jesus do Bomfim, Salvador.
& Flávia Maciel Paulo dos A case study on tradition, memory and folk communication
Anjos in audiovisual production 42
Madalena Oliveira Colonies of Sounds: The role of radio in the sound expression
of lusophony 49
Suzane Cardoso Gonçalves The issue of national language in Nossa Senhora do Desterro
Madruga in the nineteenth century: the speeches of the newspaper O Cacique 55
SESSION 2 The decolonisation of imaginaries in literature 1 62
Denise Rocha From speech to writing: Mozambican history and memory in
Ualalapi (1987) by Ungulani Ba Ka Khosa 63
Silvio Ruiz Paradiso Postcolonialism and religiosity in African literatures 72
Patrícia Trindade Nakagome Lusophony in East Timor: between discourse and project 80
SESSION 3 Communication, culture and media representations 87
Ada Cristina Silveira, Isabel The south-american condo: colonial insertion and news
Guimarães & Aline Dalmolin coverage by Brazilian mainstream media 88
Jean-Martin Rabot & The southern colonization by north: the financial crisis in the
Mafalda da Silva Oliveira international press 95
Bruna Rocha Silveira & Lúcia I’m still standing: the representation of disability in Glee 104
Loner Coutinho

Ana Carolina Escosteguy, Circuit of culture: a way of analyzing the recolonizations of
Ana Luiza Coiro Moraes & ways of being in the context of contemporary Brazilian television 111
Flavi Ferreira Lisbôa Filho
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SESSION 4 Displacements, Diasporas e Hybridisms in Post-Colonial Contexts 119
Joana Bahia The discovery of Portugal. A trip to an afflicted country 120
Isabela Cabral Félix de Migrant women in search and achievements in educations
Sousa and health: considerations of a collective struggle 127
Miriam de Oliveira Santos Culture, Identity and Nation among Italian Immigrant
Descendents in the South of Brazil 134
Noémia Maria Simões Ethno-navigations: (post)colonial narratives, between global and local 141
SESSION 5 Tourism, Culture and Leisure in post-colonial contexts 150
Adriana Brambilla & Maria Why do we travel? 151
Manuel Baptista

Helena Cristina Vasconcelos Cultural tourism serving lusophony: know the city of Aveiro
Silva through the tiles 156
Silvana Micaela Jesus Serrão Lusophone Poets – to the Discovery of a Literary City 165
SESSION 6 Colonisations and Decolonisations: Historical Processes 1 177
Hortência Gonçalves, Lilian Testamentary gifts of land to slaves and former slaves in
Wanderley & Carmen Costa Sergipe, northeast Brazil, between the eighteenth and
nineteenth centuries 178
Diego da Costa Vitorino & The history of education of the black people: a case study on
Dulce Consuelo Whitaker culture and social memory in the Vale do Paraíba – São Paulo - Brazil 184
Benedita do Socorro Matos Ecclesiastical Administration of Indian Villages in Grão-Pará
Santos & Sousa, A. N. and Maranhão: strategies and adaptations to the Alvará of
July 25, 1638 191
Gilberto Santiago & Ye lin Literature and Identity in The Utopia Generation by Pepetela 196
SESSION 7 The presence of the colonial and the post-colonial
imaginary in Literature 1 203
Daniel Mandur Thomaz Decommemo-rating the Past, Decolonizing the Present:
Historical References in Brazilian Art and Literature during
the Democratic Transition 204
Alessandro da Silva New latin american historical novel: a critical approach of La
Pasión de los Nómades, by María Rosa Lojo 211
Paola Jochimsen, Aline A disobedient son: Machado de Assis and the Brazilian nation 220
Farias, Sarah Ipiranga

Elisângela de Jesus Santos Under the sign of “Jeca Tatu”: notes on the construction of
ethnocultural stereotypes in Brazilian literature and cinema
during the 20th century 228
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SESSION 8 The presence of the colonial and the post-colonial
imaginary in literature 2 239
Simão Daniel Fonseca The Bible between Prosperous and Caliban 240
Luiz Henrique Barbosa The political and social statute and the deterritoriali-zation
of memory in colonial Angola in O vendedor de passados, by
José Eduardo Agualusa 246
Neiva Kampff Garcia Self-referenciality, mirror, and memory in Lobo Antunes 252
Rita Ribeiro & Sheila Khan Returns and departures: the exotopic imagination of post-
colonial Portugal 259
SESSION 9 The decolonisation of imaginaries in literature 265
Maria Fatima Menegazzo The Italo Calvino’s narrative tarot in “The castle of crossed
Nicodem & Teresa Kazuko destinations” and the Eco’s “Groves”: a look permeated by
Teruya Cultural Studies 266
Márcio Matiassi Cantarin The implosion of the concepts of gender in the works of Mia Couto 273
Carlos Eduardo de Araujo João Gilberto Noll and the pomosexuality 282
Plácido
“Transforma-se o amador na coisa amada”: the exemplary
Vera Borges journeys of Ruy Cinatti and Fernanda Dias in Timor and Macau 290
SESSION 10 The decolonisation of imaginaries in literature 3 299
Ana Isabel Evaristo Mariazinha in Africa: new horizons of colonial literature 300
Claudia Mentz Martins Creation, art, memory: the word for Ana Hatherly 308
Luciana Campos de Faria The writings of Artur Barrio and the non-place poetics 317
Ana Margarida Fonseca Lusophony, World Literature and Meanderings: a presentation 323
SESSION 11 Communication and technologies, colonisation
and decolonisation 2 331
Lurdes Macedo The lusophony in the blogosphere: from the “imagined
community” to the “imaginative community” 332
Célia Regina da Silva Brown-skinned girl/woman: media experiences and cultural
identities in hip hop 340
Francisco Leite The Brazilian counterintuitive advertising and its discursive
performance in stereotypes 348
Rita de Cássia Maia da Silva Decolonizing museological documentation through ICTS:
Web 2.0 as a tool for self representation of afro-bahian
carnival groups in MAFRO - UFBA 356
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SESSION 12 The decolonisation of imaginaries in literature 4 363
Maria de Fátima Neves Pais “They ´ll always be proud for what they´ve done – a view on
August Wilson´s theatre play “Ma Rainey´s Black Bottom” 364
Natália Alves The national nostalgia: Alencar’s indianity 372
Liziane Soares Guazina The writers and the city: representations of cultural identity
in the capital of Brazil 380
Mário Paulo Costa Martins Caderno de memórias coloniais, by Isabela Figueiredo: a
memento of colonial africa in the feminine 389
SESSION 13 Performing arts and the decolonisation of imaginaries 1 399
Andréa Bentes Flores & The Amazon region in female comicalities: mapping references 400
Wladilene de Sousa Lima

Olinda Margaret Charone The brincante being: way of life and Art 407
Ana Maria de São José Gafieira: a place of memories of dancing bodies 416
Kauan Amora & Wladilene In praise of a queer theatre 424
de Sousa Lima

SESSION 14 Performing arts and the decolonisation of imaginaries 2 431
Tiago José Lemos Monteiro Well beyond the “Casa Portuguesa”: an analysis of mass
popular music exchanges between Brazil and Portugal 432
Bart Paul Vanspauwen The increasing popularity of lusofonia in music festivals:
towards positive ethnization? 439
Vanessa Lamego Personalities of the lusophony: a perspective about the
performing arts 446
Walter Chile Rodrigues Lima The Cacuri Theatre: an Amazonian attempt to decolonise the
& Agenor Sarraf Pacheco scenic environment 457
Maria Joana Alves Pereira & The Cavaquinho: from Braguinha to Ukelele - Metaphors of
Maria Manuel Baptista colonialism and post-colonialism 465
SESSION 15 Identities and Representations in colonial and
post-colonial contexts 1 472
Rosa Branca Figueiredo Post-colonial identities: multi-lingual, multiethnic and multi-cultural 473
Wladilene de Sousa Lima Searching for the decolonization of research methods: how
does one rehearse to be a Ph.D. in cultural studies? 480
Paulo Jorge Ribeiro The subaltern intellectual’s places of speech: Paulo Lins and
Cidade de Deus in contact zones 485
Rosa Cabecinhas Who wants to be erased? Social Representations of World
History and Decolonisation of Thought 494
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SESSION 16 Identities and Representations in colonial and
post-colonial contexts 2 501
Vítor de Sousa What is the meaning of “Diaspora” in the times of globalization?
The controversial relationship between Empire, Lusophony
and “portugalidade” 502
Pedro Andrade Hybridization and postcolonialism 510
Nara Maria Rocha & Maria Epistemologies of the South and the social studies of
de Fátima Costa childhood: children and African ancestry in school 515
SESSION 17 Identities and Representations in colonial and
post-colonial contexts 3 522
Angelo Marcelo Vasco Miscegenation and national identity: reflections towards a
decolonization of Brazilian imaginary 523
Carlos Eduardo Amaral de Postcolonialism and miscegenation: the Portuguese
Paiva colonization in Brazil as a particular case 532
Lélian Oliveira Silveira & Encounter with paradise: the imaginary awakened by the
Maria Manuel Baptista Letter of the Discovery of Brazil 540
Giane Vargas Escobar & Ana Identities and representations of black women in the press in
Luiza Coiro Moraes Santa Maria-RS 547
SESSION 18 Tourism in post-colonial Lusophone contexts 555
Daniel Santos Costa Belem – The World Lusophone two steps away: proposal for
Cultural-Tourist route in Belem (Lisbon) 556
Belmira Coutinho & Maria From Belém to Tarrafal: Dark Tourism as a vehicle for multiple
Manuel Baptista (post) colonial narratives 565
Sílvio Lima Figueiredo & Culture and leisure in the Amazon: the European influence on
Mirleide Chahar Bahia leisure practices and the creation of green spaces in Belém, Brazil 575
SESSION 19 Identities and Representations in colonial and
post-colonial contexts 4 582
Maria Angélica Zubaran & Beyond the colonial marks: What is Exibited and What is
Lisandra Maria Rodrigues Taught about Afro-Brazilians in the Museums in Rio Grande
Machado do Sul/Brazil 583
Madalena Zaccara Identity and utopia: a speech for the new times 594
Filomena Imaculada Polyphonies in East Timor: a new identity paradigm in post-
Conceição Pinto colonialism 600
Cauê Gomes Flor Racialization of the ethnicization: a case study of Angolan
immigrants in Brazil 606
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SESSION 20 Identities and Representations in colonial and
post-colonial contexts 5 612
José Jaime Freitas Macedo Epistemologies and Theory Decolonial 613
Flávia Lages de Castro Cultural policies and Agamben 620
Jenny Campos & Maria Lusophony and the CPLP: a game of (In)compatibilities 626
Manuel Baptista

João Paulo Pereira Lázaro Coloniality and immigration: political and epistemological
strategies of subjugating immigrants from the South as
subordinate subjects 631
SESSION 21 Identities and Representations in colonial and
post-colonial contexts 6 639
Maria Manuel Baptista & South America in Armando de Aguiar’s O Mundo que os
Larissa Latif Portugueses Criaram: a mythical narrative of an imaginary journey 640
Aline Bazzarella Merçon Lusophony and identity in higher education: concepts and
discussions 647
Iara Souza The candle and the amazonian imaginary 654
SESSION 22 Gender: the body’s imaginary from colonialism
to decolonialism 1 660
Sara Vidal Maia & João The (de)colonization of gender power: the critique of unity
Canha Hespanhol and of difference 661
Vera Fernandes & Ludmila Different representations of femininity: a Study of Female
Mourão Boxers and MMA Fighters 670
Natália Ledur Alles & Denise I’m happy in being a prostitute! – Gender, public policies and
Cogo narratives about prostitution in Brazil 677
Ane Lise Vieira The mith of peace, memory and trauma in complex da Penha:
an area pacified in the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro 684
SESSION 23 Literature and editorial policies in lusophone contexts 694
Maria Elena Dias Ortíz & Predominance of colonialism in the post-colonialism of
Runyuan Jiang Jesusalém by Mia Couto 695
Monise Martinez Among editions and impression: reflections of Orientalism in
autobiographies of Arab and Muslim women published in Portugal 704
Raquel Martinez Neves New orthographic agreement: still colonial and post-colonial issues? 712
Alina Monteiro Timóteo The presence of the Lusophone Africa literature on Editorial
Caminho: Post-colonialism and Lusophonies 721
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SESSION 24 Gender: the body’s imaginary from colonialism
to decolonialism 2 730
Fabiana Aparecida de Carvalho Sexual education in Brazil: powers, resistances and contradictions 731
Juliana Ribeiro Vargas Girls do not fight and boys do not cry: permissiveness and
Prohibitions Constituting Gender Identities 737
Lídia Maria Caiado Batista Matters of genre in colonial and post-colonial contexts: the
Valadares Feminine Universe in Niketche: a process of identity reconstruction 744
Janaina Sampaio Zaranza Subaltern Voices: Gender Conflicts within Colonial and
& Maria Isabel Linhares Postcolonial Contexts 751
SESSION 25 Cinema, representations and identities 1 762
Renato Izidoro Silva & Cinema and Representations of Indigenous Groups in Brazil
Karliane Macedo Nunes spectators, actors and producers 763
Lisabete Coradini The African audiovisual: displacements and decolonisation 770
Carolin Overhoff Ferreira From ceremony to musical music’s role in post-colonial
identity constructon in Flora Gomes’ films 777
SESSION 26 Cinema, representations and identities 2 790
Aline Frey Decolonizing Cinema: An analysis of Indigenous filmmaking
in Latin America and Australasia 791
Ana Cristina Pereira Black is a color: youth in Montion by Pedro Costa 798
Márcia Fontes Ferreira The Cultural Hybridism in Yasmin 806
SESSION 27 Youth culture and cultural policies in post-colonial contexts 811
Wener da Silva Brasil Postcolonialim and politics of identity – democracy and
mobilities: a study about the social actors of the collective
Fora do Eixo and its politics of identity (2005-2013) 812
Daniela Matos & Josenildo Ponto Cultura Mais Circo (Culture Plus Circus Center):
Júnior An example of culture decolonization 819
Maria Isabel Bezerra Reflections on youth cultures: towards an understanding of
Linhares & Janaina Zaranza youth culture in contemporary society 827
Deborah Lima & Luiz Culture stations: new typologies for cultural fostering – a
Rodrigues Brazilian example 835
SESSION 28 Brazil: experiences of coping with colonialisms in
various historical periods 842
Alba Carvalho & Eliana Epistemic Colonialism in the Academy: dissident experiences
Guerra of emacipatory epistemologies in a university context 843
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