A conquista do espaço: sertão e fronteira no pensamento brasileiro
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1998-07
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The conquest of territorial space has played an imp ortant role in the construction of a national identity in Brazil. The article discusses the different meanings that have been assigned to the term sertão within Brazilian social thought, using Euclides da Cunhas work as a reference point. It explores some reflections of the myth of the backlands found in the notion of frontier and in the conquest of new territorial space as a product of the bandeirante movement. Lastly, it analyzes the question of recapturing the image of the bandeirante as a mythical force that can organize the symbolic world of Brazilians in general and Paulistas in particular.