Redes de agentes afro-religiosos permitem a circulação de pessoas, objetos e ações entre o Brasil e o exterior. A partir da descrição etnográfica de contatos com pais-de-santo realizados entre 2005 e 2010 em Porto Alegre (BR), Santana do Livramento (BR) e Rivera (UY), Montevidéu (UY) e arredores, Buenos Aires (AR) e algumas cidades do conurbano e da província homônima, apresenta-se, nesta tese, o acompanhamento dos atores em seus trânsitos transnacionais e nas suas relações com as sociedades envolventes em cada cidade. Pela análise e interpretação dos dados etnográficos percebe-se que existe uma estrutura afro-religiosa compartilhada nessa região, mas que em cada caso esta apresenta diversificações locais da matriz de pensamento religioso afro-orientado. Esses “desvios estruturais” na afro-religiosidade variam em relação a outros dois pertencimentos: a nacionalidade e a identidade étnica. Além disso, a organização dos papéis rituais e sua distribuição por gênero e orientação sexual aparece como elemento importante nas cenas afro-religiosas platinas. É porque aquelas cidades, através das suas redes de agentes religiosos, estão em relação, histórica e presente, que ocorre essa tensão entre continuidade e diferenciação na estrutura afro-religiosa. Conclui-se tratar-se de um fenômeno transnacional, posto que o estado-nação, os discursos e as identidades que ele agencia, e a organização social poli-étnica que existe sobre sua égide, influenciam nas formas de apropriação, manutenção e expressão das formas e conteúdos afro-religiosos. / Networks of African-Brazilian religious agents allow the movement of people, objects, and actions between Brazil and countries abroad. Resourcing to ethnographic descriptions of contacts made with fathers-of-saints [pais-desanto] between 2005 and 2010 in Porto Alegre (BR); Santana do Livramento (BR) – Rivera (UY); Montevideo (UY) and surroundings; Buenos Aires (AR), some cities of its province and suburbs, this thesis follows the actors in their cross-border transits and in their relations with the encompassing societies in each city. A shared African-religious structure in the Southern Cone of South America can be described through analysis and interpretation of anthropological data. At the same time, each case displays local diversifications of the codes of Africanoriented religious thought. These "structural deviations" in African-Brazilian religiosity vary with two other belongings: nationality and ethnic identity. In addition, the distribution of ritual roles by gender and sexual option appears as an important element in the broader African-Brazilian religious scenes. It is because these cities relate to each other through their networks of religious agents, in the past and present, that the tension between continuity and differentiation in the African-Brazilian religious structures builds on. It is concluded that this is a transnational phenomenon, since the nation-State, the pluri-ethnic social organization under its aegis, the discourses and the identities it mobilizes, act upon the modes of appropriation, maintenance, and expression of African-Brazilian forms and contents.

Redes de agentes afro-religiosos permitem a circulação de pessoas, objetos e ações entre o Brasil e o exterior. A partir da descrição etnográfica de contatos com pais-de-santo realizados entre 2005 e 2010 em Porto Alegre (BR), Santana do Livramento (BR) e Rivera (UY), Montevidéu (UY) e arredores, Buenos Aires (AR) e algumas cidades do conurbano e da província homônima, apresenta-se, nesta tese, o acompanhamento dos atores em seus trânsitos transnacionais e nas suas relações com as sociedades envolventes em cada cidade. Pela análise e interpretação dos dados etnográficos percebe-se que existe uma estrutura afro-religiosa compartilhada nessa região, mas que em cada caso esta apresenta diversificações locais da matriz de pensamento religioso afro-orientado. Esses “desvios estruturais” na afro-religiosidade variam em relação a outros dois pertencimentos: a nacionalidade e a identidade étnica. Além disso, a organização dos papéis rituais e sua distribuição por gênero e orientação sexual aparece como elemento importante nas cenas afro-religiosas platinas. É porque aquelas cidades, através das suas redes de agentes religiosos, estão em relação, histórica e presente, que ocorre essa tensão entre continuidade e diferenciação na estrutura afro-religiosa. Conclui-se tratar-se de um fenômeno transnacional, posto que o estado-nação, os discursos e as identidades que ele agencia, e a organização social poli-étnica que existe sobre sua égide, influenciam nas formas de apropriação, manutenção e expressão das formas e conteúdos afro-religiosos. / Networks of African-Brazilian religious agents allow the movement of people, objects, and actions between Brazil and countries abroad. Resourcing to ethnographic descriptions of contacts made with fathers-of-saints [pais-desanto] between 2005 and 2010 in Porto Alegre (BR); Santana do Livramento (BR) – Rivera (UY); Montevideo (UY) and surroundings; Buenos Aires (AR), some cities of its province and suburbs, this thesis follows the actors in their cross-border transits and in their relations with the encompassing societies in each city. A shared African-religious structure in the Southern Cone of South America can be described through analysis and interpretation of anthropological data. At the same time, each case displays local diversifications of the codes of Africanoriented religious thought. These "structural deviations" in African-Brazilian religiosity vary with two other belongings: nationality and ethnic identity. In addition, the distribution of ritual roles by gender and sexual option appears as an important element in the broader African-Brazilian religious scenes. It is because these cities relate to each other through their networks of religious agents, in the past and present, that the tension between continuity and differentiation in the African-Brazilian religious structures builds on. It is concluded that this is a transnational phenomenon, since the nation-State, the pluri-ethnic social organization under its aegis, the discourses and the identities it mobilizes, act upon the modes of appropriation, maintenance, and expression of African-Brazilian forms and contents.

Redes de agentes afro-religiosos permitem a circulação de pessoas, objetos e ações entre o Brasil e o exterior. A partir da descrição etnográfica de contatos com pais-de-santo realizados entre 2005 e 2010 em Porto Alegre (BR), Santana do Livramento (BR) e Rivera (UY), Montevidéu (UY) e arredores, Buenos Aires (AR) e algumas cidades do conurbano e da província homônima, apresenta-se, nesta tese, o acompanhamento dos atores em seus trânsitos transnacionais e nas suas relações com as sociedades envolventes em cada cidade. Pela análise e interpretação dos dados etnográficos percebe-se que existe uma estrutura afro-religiosa compartilhada nessa região, mas que em cada caso esta apresenta diversificações locais da matriz de pensamento religioso afro-orientado. Esses “desvios estruturais” na afro-religiosidade variam em relação a outros dois pertencimentos: a nacionalidade e a identidade étnica. Além disso, a organização dos papéis rituais e sua distribuição por gênero e orientação sexual aparece como elemento importante nas cenas afro-religiosas platinas. É porque aquelas cidades, através das suas redes de agentes religiosos, estão em relação, histórica e presente, que ocorre essa tensão entre continuidade e diferenciação na estrutura afro-religiosa. Conclui-se tratar-se de um fenômeno transnacional, posto que o estado-nação, os discursos e as identidades que ele agencia, e a organização social poli-étnica que existe sobre sua égide, influenciam nas formas de apropriação, manutenção e expressão das formas e conteúdos afro-religiosos. / Networks of African-Brazilian religious agents allow the movement of people, objects, and actions between Brazil and countries abroad. Resourcing to ethnographic descriptions of contacts made with fathers-of-saints [pais-desanto] between 2005 and 2010 in Porto Alegre (BR); Santana do Livramento (BR) – Rivera (UY); Montevideo (UY) and surroundings; Buenos Aires (AR), some cities of its province and suburbs, this thesis follows the actors in their cross-border transits and in their relations with the encompassing societies in each city. A shared African-religious structure in the Southern Cone of South America can be described through analysis and interpretation of anthropological data. At the same time, each case displays local diversifications of the codes of Africanoriented religious thought. These "structural deviations" in African-Brazilian religiosity vary with two other belongings: nationality and ethnic identity. In addition, the distribution of ritual roles by gender and sexual option appears as an important element in the broader African-Brazilian religious scenes. It is because these cities relate to each other through their networks of religious agents, in the past and present, that the tension between continuity and differentiation in the African-Brazilian religious structures builds on. It is concluded that this is a transnational phenomenon, since the nation-State, the pluri-ethnic social organization under its aegis, the discourses and the identities it mobilizes, act upon the modes of appropriation, maintenance, and expression of African-Brazilian forms and contents.

This dissertation examines the bildungsroman genre in Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic. A close examination of the development of this genre demonstrates that it has ideological implications that link the young protagonists’ development with that of the nation. The authors on whom I focus—Ángela Hernández, Rita Indiana Hernández, René Marqués, Pedro Juan Soto, Magali García Ramis, Severo Sarduy, and Jesús Díaz—do not merely imitate the European model but revise, adapt, and often subvert it thematically and, in some cases, aesthetically. I argue that these bildungsromane differ, for the most part, from the European prototype due to their openly political themes, such as the establishment of the Estado Libre Asociado in Puerto Rico, the 1959 Revolution in Cuba, and, in the case of the Dominican Republic, Trujillo’s dictatorship. I claim that Dominican bildungsromane do not propose national projects or models but rather question the purported homogeneity of identity of the country as a normalized political body. On the other hand, in Cuba and Puerto Rico the genre has been used to promote absolute discourses of nationality as well as political projects that must be questioned due to their discriminatory and sometimes racist and violent nature.

This dissertation examines the bildungsroman genre in Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic. A close examination of the development of this genre demonstrates that it has ideological implications that link the young protagonists’ development with that of the nation. The authors on whom I focus—Ángela Hernández, Rita Indiana Hernández, René Marqués, Pedro Juan Soto, Magali García Ramis, Severo Sarduy, and Jesús Díaz—do not merely imitate the European model but revise, adapt, and often subvert it thematically and, in some cases, aesthetically. I argue that these bildungsromane differ, for the most part, from the European prototype due to their openly political themes, such as the establishment of the Estado Libre Asociado in Puerto Rico, the 1959 Revolution in Cuba, and, in the case of the Dominican Republic, Trujillo’s dictatorship. I claim that Dominican bildungsromane do not propose national projects or models but rather question the purported homogeneity of identity of the country as a normalized political body. On the other hand, in Cuba and Puerto Rico the genre has been used to promote absolute discourses of nationality as well as political projects that must be questioned due to their discriminatory and sometimes racist and violent nature.

本研究的目的在於分析國家認同(身分)，對於中國和臺灣之間所謂「國與國」關係的影響。兩岸關係的和暖始於１９７０及１９８０年代末期開始的「自由化」與「民主化」過程，這提供了雙方交流的機會，特別是在１９８７年中華民國政府開放經貿和民間交流，如一般民眾赴大陸探親。更重要的是，當臺灣的一黨專政消逝後，臺灣人民以民主改革重塑了政治環境，而這種民主改革也使臺灣政治產生了新的變化。 本研究認為，就「自由化」與「民主化」的過程而言，不僅是甚於政權的移轉，而且也包括某些政治之外的因素改變了意識形態，最明顯的因素即是經濟。自從１９７９年兩岸的軍事衝突結束後，雖然雙方並未建立有效且特久的和平機制，但在此時期，兩岸都經歷了一些社會自由化及著重經濟發展的政策變化。本文將透過三個焦點問題以理解「自由化」、「民主化」與兩岸之間的關係： i.兩岸於１９７０年代後期及１９８０年代，在個別強人領導之下，國家認同（身分）的影響為何？ ii.這些發展在兩個中國實體的內部如何影響兩岸關係？ iii.未來兩岸如何調整政策以促進和暖的局勢？ 本文將採用溫特的社會建構論做為研究的理論框架，亦即建構主義中的三個Ｉ：認同（身分）、利益和制度。以社會建構論應用在兩岸關係上是有其意義的，同時也顧及了國際關係理論做為一種積累式學科的特殊性。根據社會建構論指出，國家認同（身分）是透過文化規則以塑造，如１９８０年代臺灣人民對於民主的認知，及１９７０年代之後中國自由化的過程，都是其政治文化的一部分。因此，國家認同（身分）在以利益為驅動的國際關係下，必須以「國與國」的關係所取代。本文將以１９７０－８０年代兩岸關係做為案列，解釋國家認同（身分）在「國與國」的關係中的使用。 / The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of the state identity in the state-to-state relations of mainland China and Taiwan. Following the ‘liberalization’ process on the mainland in the late 1970s and Taiwan’s ‘democratization’ of the 1980s, a thawing of relations between the PRC and the ROC was effected. The subsequent exchange between both sides of the Taiwan Strait has included such important changes as the ROC government’s lifting of travel and trade-related restrictions to mainland China in 1987. More importantly, when one-party rule was lifted the people of Taiwan were given the chance to shape the political landscape with the help of democratic reforms which gave a new substance to the political nature of the exchange. The focal point of this study will be the argument that the ‘democratization’ and the ‘liberalization’ processes on both sides is not only because of the regime change but also the ideological shift caused by a number of extra-political factors, most notably economic factors. Although no effective mechanism for long-lasting peace has been established in Cross-Strait Relations since the end of the militarized disputes between the PRC and the ROC in 1979, this period also witnessed a shift in policy towards social liberalization along with an increased emphasis on economic development on both sides of the Taiwan Strait. I will approach the relationship between ‘democratization’ or ‘liberalization’ and Cross-Strait Relations through three focal questions: i.How has it been the effect of state identity in the late 1970s and 1980s in China and in Taiwan under their respective leaderships? ii.How did these developments within the two Chinese entities affect relations across the Taiwan Strait? iii.How will both sides modify their policies in the future to create circumstances more conducive to reconciliation with the other side? I intend to use Wendt's Social Constructivist theory as the theoretical framework of the research on the basis of “3 I’s of Social Constructivism”, namely ‘Identity, Interest and Institution’. The application of Social Constructivism as an International Relations theory to Cross-Strait Relations aims to be relevant and persuasive considering the ad hoc –event driven– characteristic of International Relations as a discipline being accumulative. In Social Constructivism, state identities shape through the cultural norms, such as the Taiwanese perception of democracy as part of its own political culture in the early 1980s and the liberalization process of China from the late 1970s onwards. The state identity, therefore, makes room for the state-to-state relations under the International Relations driven by the national interest. The effect of the state identity in the state-to-state relations in the case study of Cross-Strait Relations, in the late 1970s and in the late 1980s respectively, will be comprehensively subjected to examination in my research.

Liberale politische Veränderungen in der Habsburgermonarchie zu Ende der 1860er und Anfang der 1870er Jahre, gegeben durch die Dezember-Verfassung von 1867 und die folgende Schulgesetze schufen den notwendigen rechtlichen Rahmen für die Gründung deutscher und tschechischer Schulvereine, die durch den Bau der sogenannten "Minderheitenschulen" jeweils eine einsprachige nationale Schulbildung in Böhmen durchsetzten. Bald wurden lokale Organisationen von den zentralen Schulvereinen abgelöst, nämlich dem Deutschen Schulverein und der Ústřední Matice Školská in Prag. Beide Organisationen wurden 1880 gegründet, um Schulen in sprachlich und damit national umkämpften Regionen entlang der sogenannten "Sprachgrenze" zu errichten. Diese Studie behandelt die Dynamik des nationalen Wettbewerbs um die Schulbildung vor dem Ersten Weltkrieg und vergleicht die Aktivitäten dieser beiden Vereine vor dem Hintergrund der politischen Demokratisierung, Massenmobilisierung und sozialen Frage der Fin de Siècle-Zeit. Die vergleichende Analyse von Proklamationen, Aktivitäten und politischen Kontakten der konkurrierenden nationalen Schulvereine zielt darauf ab, Thesen über die Position und Bedeutung dieser Organisationen zu revidieren und ihre sehr enge Abhängigkeit von sozialen und politischen Prozessen der...