Nous, marins, citoyens brésiliens et républicains” : identités, modernité et mémoire de la révolte des matelots de 1910

In November 1910 about two thousand Brazilian sailors seized the principal warships of the Republic and aimed their guns at the city of Rio de Janeiro. Their greatest claim made a profound impact at the time: the abolition of corporal punishment. The movement was victorious at first but the sailors...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:c42aae87693a490b8fddf9b5f8d7a5032021-12-02T10:35:00ZNous, marins, citoyens brésiliens et républicains” : identités, modernité et mémoire de la révolte des matelots de 19101626-025210.4000/nuevomundo.58704https://doaj.org/article/c42aae87693a490b8fddf9b5f8d7a5032010-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://journals.openedition.org/nuevomundo/58704https://doaj.org/toc/1626-0252In November 1910 about two thousand Brazilian sailors seized the principal warships of the Republic and aimed their guns at the city of Rio de Janeiro. Their greatest claim made a profound impact at the time: the abolition of corporal punishment. The movement was victorious at first but the sailors were later betrayed and many of them massacred. This event, known as ‘The Revolt of the Whip’, became a landmark in Brazilian history and helped popularize the figure of a new national hero, the ‘Black Admiral,’ João Cândido. A more detailed study of these seamen and their living conditions gives us new insight into the causes of the mutiny and the nature of the sailors. These young men, usually from the northeast of Brazil, most of them of African or mixed ancestry but some whites as well, were trained as naval apprentices. The mutiny was the result of years of organization by several different leaders. The Brazilian Navy was attempting to modernize its material and its manpower, but one of the greatest problems faced by the seamen was prejudice. The mutineers were expressing their desire for ‘freedom,’ the primary condition for full citizenship, and they intended to play an active role by organizing one of the greatest rebellions in the Navy history. This was a mutiny with important political implications that marked the passage from the demand for basic rights regarding the treatment of an individual to the collective rights of the seamen to pool their concerns and to be recognized as the National Marine Corps. This thesis discusses the identities of the sailors, the modernization process of the Armada in the First Republic and the place of the event in the national memory.Sílvia Capanema P. de AlmeidaCentre de Recherches sur les Mondes AméricainsarticleHistory of the First Republic in BrazilIdentitiesNavyRevoltbodyAnthropologyGN1-890Latin America. Spanish AmericaF1201-3799ENFRPTNuevo mundo - Mundos Nuevos (2010)
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topic History of the First Republic in Brazil
Identities
Navy
Revolt
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Anthropology
GN1-890
Latin America. Spanish America
F1201-3799
spellingShingle History of the First Republic in Brazil
Identities
Navy
Revolt
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Anthropology
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Latin America. Spanish America
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Sílvia Capanema P. de Almeida
Nous, marins, citoyens brésiliens et républicains” : identités, modernité et mémoire de la révolte des matelots de 1910
description In November 1910 about two thousand Brazilian sailors seized the principal warships of the Republic and aimed their guns at the city of Rio de Janeiro. Their greatest claim made a profound impact at the time: the abolition of corporal punishment. The movement was victorious at first but the sailors were later betrayed and many of them massacred. This event, known as ‘The Revolt of the Whip’, became a landmark in Brazilian history and helped popularize the figure of a new national hero, the ‘Black Admiral,’ João Cândido. A more detailed study of these seamen and their living conditions gives us new insight into the causes of the mutiny and the nature of the sailors. These young men, usually from the northeast of Brazil, most of them of African or mixed ancestry but some whites as well, were trained as naval apprentices. The mutiny was the result of years of organization by several different leaders. The Brazilian Navy was attempting to modernize its material and its manpower, but one of the greatest problems faced by the seamen was prejudice. The mutineers were expressing their desire for ‘freedom,’ the primary condition for full citizenship, and they intended to play an active role by organizing one of the greatest rebellions in the Navy history. This was a mutiny with important political implications that marked the passage from the demand for basic rights regarding the treatment of an individual to the collective rights of the seamen to pool their concerns and to be recognized as the National Marine Corps. This thesis discusses the identities of the sailors, the modernization process of the Armada in the First Republic and the place of the event in the national memory.
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author Sílvia Capanema P. de Almeida
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title Nous, marins, citoyens brésiliens et républicains” : identités, modernité et mémoire de la révolte des matelots de 1910
title_short Nous, marins, citoyens brésiliens et républicains” : identités, modernité et mémoire de la révolte des matelots de 1910
title_full Nous, marins, citoyens brésiliens et républicains” : identités, modernité et mémoire de la révolte des matelots de 1910
title_fullStr Nous, marins, citoyens brésiliens et républicains” : identités, modernité et mémoire de la révolte des matelots de 1910
title_full_unstemmed Nous, marins, citoyens brésiliens et républicains” : identités, modernité et mémoire de la révolte des matelots de 1910
title_sort nous, marins, citoyens brésiliens et républicains” : identités, modernité et mémoire de la révolte des matelots de 1910
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