Tipos e mitos do pensamento brasileiro

Football and Stereotypes: Narratives of Difference between Argentina and Brazil

“…Such typifications abound in Brazilian writing, in fictional narratives and in the essay alike, from the 1930s onwards, and indeed can be encountered in works from the late nineteenth century. However, once they have undergone a process of mythification, they become transformed into ‘ideological formulas of reiteration’: as the formulas are reiterated, orally or in writing (given that some notable texts are read and re‐read, discussed and repeated), a process of ideologisation or reification may take place (Ianni, : 8). The same point could be made in relation to Argentinean culture and a number of its foundational texts: for example, the interpretative exercise carried out on Martín Fierro by Leopoldo Lugones and Ricardo Rojas to transform a ‘malevolent gaucho ’ into a new Achilles or El Cid; or the wonderful second chapter of Facundo , in which Sarmiento sets out the typifications that will become crucial markers of Argentinean barbarism (the evil gaucho , the singer, the guide, the tracker); or the definitive invention of the patriotic gaucho in the Third Song of Rafael Obligado's Santos Vega , in which almost a century of bloody civil war is resolved by a loyal gaucho who makes a successful call for the defence of Buenos Aires in the middle of a peaceful game of pato .…”

“…The operation of typification and mythification that he analyses comes into effect at precisely the time that the hierarchical structure of Brazilian society is consolidated. As a result, ‘What is at stake is the “depoliticisation” of a nascent civil society, which will be defined and organised from above, taken as inactive and unorganised, lacking shape and leadership’ (Ianni, : 9).…”

“…It goes without saying that the aim of studies based in the social sciences is not to continue the proliferation of these stereotypes. On the contrary, the fact that they have become statements of common sense enables the illusion of a society in which meaning is fixed, ‘located, organised, comprehended, explained and decanted’ (Ianni, : 10). In no way does this article propose the reproduction of these organised meanings; rather, it proposes the deconstruction of such statements of common sense by demonstrating their fallacious nature, their historical origins, and by pointing out what it is that they prevent and obstruct.…”

Ecos da memória e da resistência estudantis: o poder jovem de Arthur Poerner cinquenta anos depois

“…Ainda de acordo comIanni (2002), no imaginário desses intérpretes, a partir do qual emergiram essas "linhas de pensamento", há pelo menos cinco grandes narrativas que visam compreender e explicar o Brasil. Resumidamente elas compreendem: 1) Estado como constituidor da sociedade civil, sendo esta pouco organizada e dispersa.…”

O saci na tradição local no contexto da mundialização e da diversidade cultural

“…Há, portanto, todo um vasto, mágico e complexo substrato cultural híbrido na formação da sociedade brasileira, que, como disse Ianni (2002), entra pelo século XX e continua evidente no século XXI sendo transmitido, basicamente, pelas narrativas orais.…”