%0 Journal Article
%T As met¨¢foras da identidade em ra¨ªzes do Brasil: decifra-me ou te devoro
%A Decca
%A Edgar Salvadori de
%J Varia Historia
%D 2006
%I Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
%R 10.1590/S0104-87752006000200010
%X the article analyzes the use of metaphors in s¨¦rgio buarque de holanda's ra¨ªzes do brasil and sees them not only as a literary device, but also as historical projections of far-reaching effects for the development of national identity. metaphors, thus, should be considered a key to the understanding of a theory of the history of brazil, which s¨¦rgio buarque de holanda tried to develop so as to account for the historical process of the formation of brazilian society. the book's title itself points to the far-reaching projections of such metaphors: as he speaks of "roots", "adventure", "exile", "sowing", "boundaries", "borders" and of "cordiality", holanda makes us understand the meaning of our history and of our misfortunes.
%K brazilian historiography
%K s¨¦rgio buarque de holanda
%K theory of history
%K national identity.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0104-87752006000200010&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en