The romanticization of barbarism and the struggle for the rights of native peoples

images and representations of the indigenous in José de Alencar's Iracema

Authors

  • Willaine Araíjo Silva Universidade Católica de Pernambuco
  • João Paulo Allain Teixeira Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17564/2316-3801.2025v12n3p220-237

Abstract

The central aim of this work is to analyse the romanticization of the civilizing process of the indigenous people in Brazil and the transfiguration of these peoples in the narrative and characters of José de Alencar's Iracema. Despite its claim to break away from European standards and establish a typically national literature, the work ends up using a colonial viewpoint that is characteristic not only of the time it was written, but also of the Brazilian imagination to this day, justifying violations of the rights of indigenous peoples, denying them their culture, traditions, knowledge and land rights.

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Author Biographies

Willaine Araíjo Silva, Universidade Católica de Pernambuco

PhD student in law at UNICAP - Catholic University of Pernambuco. She holds a bachelor's and master's degree in Law from the Federal University of Alagoas. Guest member of the OAB/AL Social Rights Commission. Member of REC - Recife Estudos Constitucionais. She teaches at the SEUNE, FAMA and Estácio Faculties. She has experience in the area of Law, with an emphasis on Constitutional, Administrative and Business Law. Researcher in human rights, minorities and indigenous rights.

 

João Paulo Allain Teixeira, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

CNPq researcher (level 2 research productivity grant). PhD in Law from the Federal University of Pernambuco (2005). Master's Degree in Law from the Federal University of Pernambuco (1999), Master's Degree in Critical Theories of Law from the International University of Andalusia, Spain (2000), Bachelor's Degree in Law from the Federal University of Pernambuco (1995). Associate Professor at the Federal University of Pernambuco, Professor at the Catholic University of Pernambuco Ad hoc evaluator for the National Institute for Educational Studies and Research Anísio Teixeira of the Ministry of Education (INEP/MEC). Leader of the Research Group REC - Recife Estudos Constitucionais, in the CNPq General Directory of Research Groups. Post-doctoral research internship at CES (Center for Social Studies), University of Coimbra, Portugal (2018). Coordinator of the Interinstitutional Doctorate UNICAP (Recife, Pernambuco) / UNICATÓLICA (Quixadá, Ceará). Coordinator of the Interdisciplinary Human Rights Clinic at UNICAP. He has participated in panels, lectures and research activities at various research centers in Brazil and abroad.

 

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Published

2025-07-20

How to Cite

Araíjo Silva, W., & Allain Teixeira, J. P. (2025). The romanticization of barbarism and the struggle for the rights of native peoples: images and representations of the indigenous in José de Alencar’s Iracema . Interfaces Científicas - Humanas E Sociais, 12(3), 220–237. https://doi.org/10.17564/2316-3801.2025v12n3p220-237

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 3 (2025): Fluxo Contínuo

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