The hero in love: Wiltshire’s white identity in Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Beach of Falesa

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  • Márcia Cristine Agustini Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Abstract

O conto A praia selvagem de Robert Louis Stevenson discute a relação desigual e simbiótica entre império e colônia. Esse artigo propõe-se a realizar um estudo interseccional levando em conta estudos antropológicos e da branquidade. Estudos antropológicos informam a noção de desestabilização identitária sofrida por aqueles que interagem com realidades diversas enquanto que estudos da branquidade informam a construção da branquidade como ‘norma’. A contradição que emerge entre estas duas posturas torna-se visível nos conflitos pessoais do personagem principal, revelando a proficuidade de estudos similares para o aprofundamento de questões pós-coloniais que vão além da dicotomia colonizador/colonizado.

Author Biography

Márcia Cristine Agustini, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Doutoranda - UFSC

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2011-12-09

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Agustini, M. C. (2011). The hero in love: Wiltshire’s white identity in Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Beach of Falesa. Revista Investigações, 24(1), 113–133. Retrieved from https://periodicos.ufpe.br/revistas/INV/article/view/1288

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Vol. 24 No. 1 (2011): Revista Investigações - Teoria da Literatura

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Artigo - Linguística (seção livre)

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