This thesis explores hybridity and ethnicity in Nickerie, Western Suriname. It undertakes this exploration from the perspective of doglas, Surinamese people with mixed African and Asian parentage. In Suriname’s postcolonial process of nation-building, ethnicity has been essentialized, with doglas representing a category of anomaly, but also of uncertainty. What I have termed ‘dogla discourse’ refers to the opinions, experiences and negotiations among and about doglas in Nickerie that both shored up and destabilized Suriname’s ethnic essentialism. Dogla discourse fuses and confuses ethnic categories and boundaries in its insistent hybridity. The thesis shows that being dogla does not simply align with common tropes of ‘mixed-race’. I argue that in embracing conflicting paradigms of ethnicity, doglas in Nickerie both emphasized and undermined ethnic essentialism. This was expressed in idioms of kinship and sexual relations, in notions of the pure/impure dogla body, and in the relevance and irrelevance of ‘cultural spirituality’. Furthermore, dogla discourse problematized the role of ethnicity in the enduring struggles of how to define ‘the national’ in postcolonial states. Thus, the thesis presents an ethnographic contribution to studies of ‘mixed-race’ in contexts of postcolonial nation-building, and theoretically expands conceptualizations of ‘the hybrid’.

Although research has previously connected comic books and national ideology, there has yet to be a study examining the role of villains in this relationship. By analyzing representations of evil and villainy in the long-running series Captain America and understanding them in light of the model of the circuit of culture, the transforming imaginary space of the American nation can be traced.

La présente thèse traite de la détection du rapport du discours des textes contenus dans les manuels scolaires de langue avec le type de citoyen que l’Etat souhaite former et de l’image du soi national qui est tracée dans ceux-ci. L’éducation, en tant qu’institution suprême de l’Etat natoinal par le manuel scolaire transmet aux sujets sociaux le récit de la nation de sorte de parvenir efficacement à la diffusion des valeurs nationales, des modèles nationaux et à la constitution d’une identité nationale commune. Etant donnée l’interaction entre texte et lecteur dans le processus éducatif, notre problématique focalise sur ce que reflète le discours de l’anthologie des manuels scolaires de langue, ce qui est incrusté en tant qu’idéologie nationale dans la conscience des élèves et quel type d’identité les groupes qui exercent le pouvoir désirent que les élèves forment au terme de leur scolarité au primaire. Donc cette étude part du double constat que l’exploration et l’analyse du contenu idéologique des manuels est révélatrice car ceux-ci contiennent l’ensemble des valeurs et des principes que le système éducatif désire transmettre en vue de former les caractéristiques du citoyen souhaitable mais aussi le rêve que chaque société prévoit pour elle-même. Par l’analyse du contenu des textes des manuels scolaires (des périodes 1983-2005 et 2006-2012) nous entreprenons l’exploration des messages, des attitudes, des valeurs et de l’image du soi national qui est tracée dans ceux-ci. Tout ce qui est mentionné ci-dessus contribue à la formation de l’identité nationale, à la construction du soi national et à l’incrustation de traits politiques et culturels des sujets sociaux. Dans les trouvailles de la recherche sont révélés et interprétés le présent de la Grèce moderne, le passé antique idéalisé et la tradition et la culture grecques «idolisées». En outre à la fin de chaque catégorie d’analyse nous entreprenons la présentation de l’image qui résulte de chaque catégorie, ce qui a d’ailleurs conduit à la validation des conclusions de notre projet de recherche. / The present dissertation is concerned with tracing the relationship between the discourse of the texts which are included in the school handbook for language, and the type of citizen that the national state wants to shape, and with the picture of the national self which is depicted in those texts. Education, as the supreme institution of the national state, transmits to the social objects, through the school handbook, the nation’s narrative, so as to achieve the more effective diffusion of national values and standards, and the formation of a national identity. Since the interaction between text and reader in the educational process is a given fact, our question focuses on what the discourse of the school handbooks for language reflects, what is engraved as national ideology on the conscience of the pupils, and what kind of identity the groups wielding power want the pupils to have acquired by the end of their time in primary school. Consequently, this study starts from the two-fold discovery that the investigation and analysis of the ideological content of the reading matter is revealing because it contains the sum of the values and principles which the educational system wants to transmit, in order to shape the characteristics of the citizen it wants, and also the vision every society specifies for itself. Through the content analysis of the texts in the school handbooks (for the time periods 1983-2005 and 2006-2012) an investigation is attempted, of the messages, the attitudes, the values and the picture of national self which is depicted in the texts, and which contribute to the shaping of the national identity, the formation of the national self and the engraving of the political and cultural characteristics of the national subjects. In the research findings, the modern greek present emerges and is interpreted, as is the idealized ancient greek past and the idolized greek tradition and culture. In addition at the end of each analysis category, a portrayal of the picture which emerges from each category is attempted, a fact which moreover leads us to the validation of the conclusions of our research work.Key words

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-25T20:23:05Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Angelica Lovatto.pdf: 2022034 bytes, checksum: 92984e8c9d3c7d2f27affd27f52c5bce (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-03-22 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / The purpose of this research was to analyse the Cadernos do povo brasileiro , published between 1962 and 1964, and arranged in 28 books. This publication was sponsored in ISEB Instituto Nacional de Estudos Brasileiros (1955-64), by Civilização Brasileira Publishing House. Our objective was to analyse the social function of that publication in the period of nationalist-reformism, during the government of João Goulart, in which occurred discussions of structural reforms in the brazilian society. The intensive popularization of that collection made feasible those discussions, in a moment of strong politicization. The questions that oriented this research were: 1) Have the authors correlated the nationalism to the democratic struggle in a subordinated social formation, granting to it a socialist character, or have them presented this nationalism only as a popular movement, reducing the meaning of this social formation through the elimination of its class character?; 2) Have the Cadernos do povo brasileiro represented an advancing of popular movements in the period before-1964, or have them been a simple reproduction of an advertising of turmoil movement? Our hypothesis regarding the first question is that both cases are present on the collection, although it predominated the idea of a popular democratic struggle, instead of a socialist movement. Our hypothesis regarding the second question is that this publication established an important social function in the social struggles of the period / O objeto de estudo da presente pesquisa foi a Coleção Cadernos do povo brasileiro, publicados de 1962-64, num total de 28 volumes. Esta publicação nasceu no ISEB Instituto Nacional de Estudos Brasileiros (1955-64) e editada Civilização Brasileira. Nosso objetivo foi analisar a função social dos Cadernos no período do nacionalismo-reformista, durante o governo João Goulart em meio à luta pelas chamadas reformas de base. A intensa divulgação da Coleção propiciou marcante presença no debate da época, num período de intensa politização. As perguntas que nortearam esta pesquisa foram: 1) Os autores dos Cadernos articularam o nacionalismo à luta democrática numa formação social subordinada conferindo a esta luta, ao mesmo tempo, um caráter socialista ou apresentaram este nacionalismo apenas como uma luta do povo, esvaziando o significado da formação social através da eliminação de seu caráter de classe? 2) Os Cadernos do povo brasileiro expressaram de algum modo um ascenso das lutas populares no período do pré-1964 ou foram mera reprodução de um movimento de agitação e propaganda? Nossa hipótese em relação à primeira pergunta é de que os dois casos estão presentes na Coleção, embora tenha prevalecido a defesa de uma luta de caráter democrático-popular em detrimento da luta de caráter socialista. Nossa hipótese em relação à segunda pergunta é a de que os Cadernos cumpriram uma importante função social nas lutas sociais do período

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-26T14:58:00Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Angelica Lovatto.pdf: 2022034 bytes, checksum: 92984e8c9d3c7d2f27affd27f52c5bce (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-03-22 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / The purpose of this research was to analyse the Cadernos do povo brasileiro , published between 1962 and 1964, and arranged in 28 books. This publication was sponsored in ISEB Instituto Nacional de Estudos Brasileiros (1955-64), by Civilização Brasileira Publishing House. Our objective was to analyse the social function of that publication in the period of nationalist-reformism, during the government of João Goulart, in which occurred discussions of structural reforms in the brazilian society. The intensive popularization of that collection made feasible those discussions, in a moment of strong politicization. The questions that oriented this research were: 1) Have the authors correlated the nationalism to the democratic struggle in a subordinated social formation, granting to it a socialist character, or have them presented this nationalism only as a popular movement, reducing the meaning of this social formation through the elimination of its class character?; 2) Have the Cadernos do povo brasileiro represented an advancing of popular movements in the period before-1964, or have them been a simple reproduction of an advertising of turmoil movement? Our hypothesis regarding the first question is that both cases are present on the collection, although it predominated the idea of a popular democratic struggle, instead of a socialist movement. Our hypothesis regarding the second question is that this publication established an important social function in the social struggles of the period / O objeto de estudo da presente pesquisa foi a Coleção Cadernos do povo brasileiro, publicados de 1962-64, num total de 28 volumes. Esta publicação nasceu no ISEB Instituto Nacional de Estudos Brasileiros (1955-64) e editada Civilização Brasileira. Nosso objetivo foi analisar a função social dos Cadernos no período do nacionalismo-reformista, durante o governo João Goulart em meio à luta pelas chamadas reformas de base. A intensa divulgação da Coleção propiciou marcante presença no debate da época, num período de intensa politização. As perguntas que nortearam esta pesquisa foram: 1) Os autores dos Cadernos articularam o nacionalismo à luta democrática numa formação social subordinada conferindo a esta luta, ao mesmo tempo, um caráter socialista ou apresentaram este nacionalismo apenas como uma luta do povo, esvaziando o significado da formação social através da eliminação de seu caráter de classe? 2) Os Cadernos do povo brasileiro expressaram de algum modo um ascenso das lutas populares no período do pré-1964 ou foram mera reprodução de um movimento de agitação e propaganda? Nossa hipótese em relação à primeira pergunta é de que os dois casos estão presentes na Coleção, embora tenha prevalecido a defesa de uma luta de caráter democrático-popular em detrimento da luta de caráter socialista. Nossa hipótese em relação à segunda pergunta é a de que os Cadernos cumpriram uma importante função social nas lutas sociais do período

This dissertation addresses racism in contemporary Curaçao—a former Dutch colony in the Caribbean that remains a component of the Kingdom of The Netherlands. The dissertation theorizes racism as a partially hidden constituent of the island’s ideology of national identity, which throughout its history has emulated hybridity before being influenced, more recently, by multiculturalism. The research’s main objective is to uncover the ways race and racism have been entangled with Curaçao’s hegemonic ideology of national identity, a reality too often omitted and always under-theorized in Dutch and Dutch Caribbean scholarship. Using historical, ethnographic, statistic, and discourse analysis data, the dissertation reveals how profound the operations of race have been on Curaçaoan society, and on all Curaçaoans on the island and in the diaspora. It discusses the historical formation of ideologies of race and national identity in Curaçao, to contribute to the explanation of the current state of race relations on the island. It exposes the silencing impacts that the hegemonic ideology of national identity has had on individual Curaçaoans’ understanding of self through the reflexive presentation of an intergenerational family history. The dissertation ends with ethnographic analytic descriptions of five neighborhoods differently located in Curaçao’s racial/spatial order, which reveal the mechanizations of multiculturalism and the prevalence of racism.