Black presentism: a hidden issue in Afro-Brazilian history
Afro-Brazilian history, mandatory subject of the school-curriculum since the enforcement of the law 10.639, January 9th 2003, has promoted a less Eurocentric history and thus, an approximation to a more “connected history”, whereby Brazilian history integrates in the “Black Atlantic”. However, the A...
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| Format: | article |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication Date: | 2008 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Institution: | Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) |
| Repository: | Anos 90 (Online) |
| Language: | Portuguese |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:seer.ufrgs.br:article/6746 |
| Online Access: | https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/anos90/article/view/6746 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Presentismo negro Memória Comemoração História afro-brasileira Black Presentism Memory Commemoration Afro-Brazilian history |
| Summary: | Afro-Brazilian history, mandatory subject of the school-curriculum since the enforcement of the law 10.639, January 9th 2003, has promoted a less Eurocentric history and thus, an approximation to a more “connected history”, whereby Brazilian history integrates in the “Black Atlantic”. However, the Americanization of Afrodescendants is obliterated by an Africanization of the new official history, unisonous to a “Black Presentism”. “Black Presentism” in Afro-Brazilian history can be analyzed by means of the triad heritage, memory and commemoration. This test proposes a critical reflection of “Black Presentism” and its relation to a construction of identity/ies of Afro-Brazilians, pointing to theoretical advantages thinking of the process of Americanization which occurs, however, in other hyphenated-groups, unless this means a standardization of their life careers. |
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