За „голата“ алтернатива на ненамереното злато (Колумб, португалските откриватели и голият индианец от ранните информативни текстове за Новия свят)
About the „naked“ alternative to the undiscovered gold (Columbus, the Portuguese Discoverers and the Naked Indian from the Early Informative Texts about the New World)

Author(s): Vera Kirkova
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Anthropology, Social Sciences, Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Theology and Religion
Published by: ЮГОЗАПАДЕН УНИВЕРСИТЕТ »НЕОФИТ РИЛСКИ«
Keywords: Columbus; Portuguese Empire; 16th century; Brazil; Brazilian Indians; nakedness; Christianization
Summary/Abstract: This paper (part of a larger task) reveals the language reflection, construction and establishment of the image of the Brazilian Indians from the 16th century, tracked in the Portuguese informative texts written about the newly-found Brazil. It covers the peculiarities when mentioning the Indian nakedness, and in turn, it is often used as manipulation purposes according to the defined Imperial policy on colonization. On the grounds of similar interpretation of nakedness, extreme images have been made up about the native Brazil population – varying from angelic innocence to demonization - yet always in advantage of the ruling European culture of expansion in the 16th century.

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