Between travels and narratives about denationalization: the Brazilian border with Argentina and Paraguay from the 1920s to the 1940s

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  • Jiani Fernando Langaro Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG). Faculdade de História. Avenida Esperança s/n., Câmpus Samambaia. 74690- 900. Goiânia, Goiás, Brasil. https:// orcid.org/0000-0003-2048-2927

Abstract

The article analyzes books written by travelers – most of them politicians ofthe state of Paraná and militaries from Rio de Janeiro – who traveled to West Paraná, theborder region between Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina, during the first half of the 20thcentury and built narratives that treat the place based on the theme of denationalizationof the border. The article argues that this nationalist view – which denounced the absenceof Brazilian nationality on the border, motivated by the strong presence of Argentine andParaguayan immigrants and the predominant use of the Spanish and Guarani languages– can’t be understood as a uniform discourse, since there were different ways to elaborateand hold national positions, all of them articulated with the social relationships experienced by the different travelers and connected with the projects idealized for the country.

Author Biography

Jiani Fernando Langaro, Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG). Faculdade de História. Avenida Esperança s/n., Câmpus Samambaia. 74690- 900. Goiânia, Goiás, Brasil. https:// orcid.org/0000-0003-2048-2927

Bacharel e licenciado em História pela Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná – UNIOESTE, mestre em História Social pela Universidade Federal de Uberlândia – UFU e doutor nesta mesma área pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo – PUC-SP. Professor adjunto dos cursos de licenciatura e de bacharelado em História e do Programa de Pós-Graduação em História, da Faculdade de História – FH, da Universidade Federal de Goiás – UFG.

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Published

2019-10-21

Issue

Vol. 23 No. 3 (2019): September/December

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