%0 Journal Article
%T The Other Roots: S¨¦rgio Buarque de Holanda and the Portuguese
%A Monteiro
%A Pedro Meira
%J Ellipsis
%D 2008
%I American Portuguese Studies Association (APSA)
%X In this article I deal with S¨¦rgio Buarque de Holanda¡¯s Ra¨ªzes do Brasil, and the way the Portuguese is portrayed in the book, first through an assumed ¡°Iberian¡± identity, and second by a supposed Lusitanian specificity. The paradoxical result is that, in pointing to this unique Other, S¨¦rgio Buarque¡¯s rooty metaphors end up making the Other present, thus going against Brazilian Modernists¡¯ deep desire to leave the Portuguese vanish over the horizon. Eventually, the article is an attempt at bringing some light to the debates on language and otherness.
%K S¨¦rgio Buarque de Holanda
%K Brazilian modernism
%K language and otherness
%U http://www.ellipsis-apsa.com/Volume_6-Monteiro_files/Monteiro_ellipsis_6_2008.pdf