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Malaria como doenca e perspectiva cultural nas viagens de Carlos Chagas e Mario de Andrade a Amazonia / Malaria as a disease and as a cultural perspective in Carlos Chagas' and Mario de Andrade's travels to the Amazon
Lima, Nisia Trindade; Botelho, Andre.
  • Lima, Nisia Trindade; Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz. Programa de Pos-graduacao em Historia das Ciencias e da Saude. Rio de Janeiro. BR
  • Botelho, Andre; Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz. Programa de Pos-graduacao em Historia das Ciencias e da Saude. Rio de Janeiro. BR
Hist. ciênc. saúde-Manguinhos ; 20(3): 745-763, July-Sept/2013.
Article in Portuguese | LILACS | ID: lil-688689
RESUMO
Trata de duas viagens importantes para o pensamento social sobre a Amazônia a de Carlos Chagas, realizada de 1912 a 1913, e a de Mário de Andrade, em 1927. Para discutir o papel dessas experiências nas interpretações desses autores, analisam-se as relações propostas entre malária e o projeto de constituir uma civilização nos trópicos. Nos textos de Chagas, estranhamento é a categoria que organiza a percepção a respeito da Amazônia, evidenciada na ideia de patologia dos trópicos a desafiar o conhecimento estabelecido sobre a doença. Empatia, por outro lado, é a categoria-chave para compreender a perspectiva crítica de Mário de Andrade, que valoriza as formas de sociabilidade, crenças e expressões populares da região, inclusive as relativas à malária.
ABSTRACT
Two journeys have had an important bearing on social thought regarding the Amazon Carlos Chagas', from 1912 to 1913, and Mário de Andrade's, in 1927. The article examines how their travel experiences influenced these two men's views and interpretations of the relation between malaria and the project to bring civilization to the tropics. In Chagas' texts, wonderment is the category that organizes his perception of the Amazon region, evinced in the idea that the pathology of the tropics challenges established knowledge of the disease. Empathy, on the other hand, is the explanatory key to understanding Mário de Andrade's critical outlook, which entails the valorization of forms of sociability, beliefs, and popular manifestations in the region, including those related to malaria.
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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Social Behavior / Expeditions / Malaria Limits: Humans Country/Region as subject: South America / Brazil Language: Portuguese Journal: Hist. ciênc. saúde-Manguinhos Journal subject: Public Health Year: 2013 Type: Article Affiliation country: Brazil Institution/Affiliation country: Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz/BR

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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Social Behavior / Expeditions / Malaria Limits: Humans Country/Region as subject: South America / Brazil Language: Portuguese Journal: Hist. ciênc. saúde-Manguinhos Journal subject: Public Health Year: 2013 Type: Article Affiliation country: Brazil Institution/Affiliation country: Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz/BR