Brazilian Studies and Brazilianists: Conceptual remarks

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Vinicius Mariano de Carvalho

Abstract

This article discusses the concept of Brazilian Studies. It does not intend to outline a defence for a new discipline, or to propose paradigms for that elusive field called ‘area studies’. It will, bring some reflections on epistemological and methodological issues realted to what it is been called Brazilian Studies. 

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Carvalho, V. M. de. (2017). Brazilian Studies and Brazilianists: Conceptual remarks. Brasiliana: Journal for Brazilian Studies, 5(1), 344–366. https://doi.org/10.25160/bjbs.v5i1.24280
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Author Biography

Vinicius Mariano de Carvalho, King's Brazil Institute King´s College London

Lecturer - King's Brazil Institute

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