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
Hist. ciênc. saúde-Manguinhos
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20(3): 745-763, July-Sept/2013.
Article
in Portuguese
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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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Main subject:
Social Behavior
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Expeditions
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Malaria
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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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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