The question of primitivism and the representation of indigenous peoples in Antonio Candido
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https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1984-1124.v1i26p55-70Keywords:
Antonio Candido, Primitivism, Indigenous peoplesAbstract
This paper analyses the uses of the terms primitive and primitivism in several texts written by the Brazilian critic Antonio Candido from the 1950s to the 1980s, and their relation with the indigenous peoples of Brazil. In these texts, the terms assume a polysemic and unstable character, which will be commented on, presenting theoretical reflections about their meaning for Western thought and the understanding of modern art. The article seeks, in this way, to make explicit some of the ideological and theoretical assumptions that structure the critic’s work and his broad conception of Brazilian culture, in its historical relationship with the indigenous peoples of Brazil.
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