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Titre AUTOPORTRAITS DU BRÉSIL
Auteur Mario Carelli
Mir@bel Revue 20 & 21. Revue d'histoire
Titre à cette date : Vingtième siècle, revue d'histoire
Numéro no 25, janvier-mars 1990
Rubrique / Thématique
DOSSIER : LE BRÉSIL AU PLURIEL
Page 29-36
Résumé anglais Self-portraits of Brazil, Mario Carelli. Like all discourses on national identity, the quest for " Brazilianity ", that one can follow through the writings of the intellectuals, poets and novelists, suffers from a two-fold weakness. One weakness is due to its object : national character is more easily described than defined. The other cornes from the ephemeral and ideologically dubious dimension of the concept's références, in particular racial criteria. But that is how Brazil " Brazilianized " itelf, particularly because this perpetual reflexion on the Brazilian, is embodied in major works of fiction.
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