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Author:

Sarzynski, Sarah, author.

Title:

Revolution in the terra do sol : the Cold War in Brazil / Sarah Sarzynski.

Publisher:

Stanford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

ix, 334 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

Ligas Camponesas (Brazil)--History.
Brazil--Causes.--Revolution, 1964--Causes.
Brazil--Propaganda.--Revolution, 1964--Propaganda.
Social movements--Brazil, Northeast--History--20th century.
Peasants--History--Brazil, Northeast--History--20th century.
Rural poor--History--Brazil, Northeast--History--20th century.
Brazil, Northeast--History--20th century.
Cold War.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction : tropes of o Nordeste : contested visions of the region during the Cold War -- Revolution in Brazil : historical context and key players -- Masculinity, barbarism and honor : representations of the cangaceiro -- The coronel and the rural poor : narratives of class struggle -- Racialized representations : slavery, abolition and quilombos -- Religion as a political tool : resurrecting Canudos and revolutionizing Jesus -- Survival and resistance : re-membering the Ligas Camponesas in the 1980s -- Zito de Galiléia : preserving a past and envisioning a future of the Engenho Galiléia and o Nordeste.

ISBN:

1503603695
9781503603691

OCLC:

(OCoLC)999512284

LCCN:

2017050478

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)