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States of Grace
Patrícia I. Vieira
其他書名
Utopia in Brazilian Culture
出版State University of New York Press, 2018-03-19
主題Literary Criticism / Caribbean & Latin American
ISBN143846925X9781438469256
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=TVVSDwAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋States of Grace offers a novel approach to the study of Brazilian culture through the lens of utopianism. Patrícia I. Vieira explores religious and political writings, journalistic texts, sociological studies, and literary works that portray Brazil as a utopian "land of the future," where dreams of a coming messianic age and of social and political emancipation would come true. The book discusses crucial utopian moments such as the theological-political utopia proposed by Jesuit Priest Antônio Vieira; matriarchal utopias, like the egalitarian society of the Amazons; work-free utopias that abolished the boundaries separating toil and play; and ecological utopias, where humans and nonhumans coexist harmoniously. The uniqueness of the book's approach lies in rethinking the link between messianic and utopian texts, as well as the alliances forged between progressive religious, socioeconomic, political, and ecological ideas.