Travel diaries as discourse: P. K. Page’s encounter with mid-twentienth century Brazil

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Autor(a) principal: Salgado, Maria das Graças de Santana
Data de Publicação: 2015
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: por
Título da fonte: letrônica
Texto Completo: https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/ojs/index.php/letronica/article/view/17112
Resumo: On a general level, travel diaries offer an important way to access the singularity of travellers’ subjective experience and their reaction to the new society in which they intend to live. However, viewed as discourse, travel diaries also represent a tool which reveals sociocultural aspects of the new society itself. This paper aims to discuss aspects associated to P. K. Page’s view of mid-nineteenth Century Brazil. Thus, important questions arise, such as: how did Page view the local habits and customs of the time? What was her relationship with the Portuguese language during her process of adaptation? What were her impressions about Rio de Janeiro’s daily life? What impact did the household management have in her travel experience? To this purpose, the paper adopts the idea of travel diaries as historically situated discourse, taking Page’s Brazilian Journal (1987) as material for analysis. Results indicate that, although Page sincerely loved Brazil, she also made important social criticism of the country, very often through irony in her descriptions of daily life and the Brazilian management of domestic life.
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spelling Travel diaries as discourse: P. K. Page’s encounter with mid-twentienth century BrazilDiários de viagem como discurso: o encontro de P.K. Page com o Brasil da primeira metade do século vinteP. K. PageTravel diariesDiscourseTwentieth century.Palavras-chaveP. K. Pagediários de viagemdiscursoséculo vinte.On a general level, travel diaries offer an important way to access the singularity of travellers’ subjective experience and their reaction to the new society in which they intend to live. However, viewed as discourse, travel diaries also represent a tool which reveals sociocultural aspects of the new society itself. This paper aims to discuss aspects associated to P. K. Page’s view of mid-nineteenth Century Brazil. Thus, important questions arise, such as: how did Page view the local habits and customs of the time? What was her relationship with the Portuguese language during her process of adaptation? What were her impressions about Rio de Janeiro’s daily life? What impact did the household management have in her travel experience? To this purpose, the paper adopts the idea of travel diaries as historically situated discourse, taking Page’s Brazilian Journal (1987) as material for analysis. Results indicate that, although Page sincerely loved Brazil, she also made important social criticism of the country, very often through irony in her descriptions of daily life and the Brazilian management of domestic life.De um modo geral, os diários de viagem oferecem importante via de acesso à singularidade da experiência do viajante e de suas reações mais pessoais à nova sociedade em que busca ser inserido. Todavia, percebidos em sua dimensão discursiva, os diários representam também uma poderosa via compreensão ao periodo e à cultura dessa nova sociedade. O objetivo deste trabalho é discutir alguns aspectos associados ao olhar de P.K Page sobre o Brasil da primeira metade do século vinte. Perguntamo-nos, por exemplo: como Page via os hábitos e costumes locais da época? como foi sua relação com a língua portuguesa durante o processo de adaptação?  Quais foram suas impressões sobre a vida cotidiana no Rio de Janeiro? que impacto teve a administração da vida doméstica em sua experiência de viajante? Para tanto, nos apoiamos na idéia de diários como discurso historicamente situado, tomando como material de análise, o livro da autora Brazilian Journal (1987). Resultados indicam que, embora gostasse sinceramente doBrazil, a autora faz importante crítica social, muitas vezes apegada ao recurso da ironia em suas descrições sobre o cotidiano e a administração da vida domestica.   Editora da PUCRS - ediPUCRS2015-03-11info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/ojs/index.php/letronica/article/view/1711210.15448/1984-4301.2014.2.17112Letrônica; Vol. 7 No. 2 (2014): Fonologia e Variação Fonético-Fonológica & Viagem e Literatura; 904-916Letrônica; v. 7 n. 2 (2014): Fonologia e Variação Fonético-Fonológica & Viagem e Literatura; 904-9161984-430110.15448/1984-4301.2014.2reponame:letrônicainstname:Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS)instacron:PUC_RSporhttps://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/ojs/index.php/letronica/article/view/17112/12698Copyright (c) 2015 Letrônicainfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSalgado, Maria das Graças de Santana2017-02-22T20:51:50Zoai:ojs.revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br:article/17112Revistahttps://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/ojs/index.php/letronicaPRIhttps://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/ojs/index.php/letronica/oailetronica@pucrs.br||ivanetemileski@gmail.com1984-43011984-4301opendoar:2017-02-22T20:51:50letrônica - Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Travel diaries as discourse: P. K. Page’s encounter with mid-twentienth century Brazil
Diários de viagem como discurso: o encontro de P.K. Page com o Brasil da primeira metade do século vinte
title Travel diaries as discourse: P. K. Page’s encounter with mid-twentienth century Brazil
spellingShingle Travel diaries as discourse: P. K. Page’s encounter with mid-twentienth century Brazil
Salgado, Maria das Graças de Santana
P. K. Page
Travel diaries
Discourse
Twentieth century.
Palavras-chave
P. K. Page
diários de viagem
discurso
século vinte.
title_short Travel diaries as discourse: P. K. Page’s encounter with mid-twentienth century Brazil
title_full Travel diaries as discourse: P. K. Page’s encounter with mid-twentienth century Brazil
title_fullStr Travel diaries as discourse: P. K. Page’s encounter with mid-twentienth century Brazil
title_full_unstemmed Travel diaries as discourse: P. K. Page’s encounter with mid-twentienth century Brazil
title_sort Travel diaries as discourse: P. K. Page’s encounter with mid-twentienth century Brazil
author Salgado, Maria das Graças de Santana
author_facet Salgado, Maria das Graças de Santana
author_role author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Salgado, Maria das Graças de Santana
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv P. K. Page
Travel diaries
Discourse
Twentieth century.
Palavras-chave
P. K. Page
diários de viagem
discurso
século vinte.
topic P. K. Page
Travel diaries
Discourse
Twentieth century.
Palavras-chave
P. K. Page
diários de viagem
discurso
século vinte.
description On a general level, travel diaries offer an important way to access the singularity of travellers’ subjective experience and their reaction to the new society in which they intend to live. However, viewed as discourse, travel diaries also represent a tool which reveals sociocultural aspects of the new society itself. This paper aims to discuss aspects associated to P. K. Page’s view of mid-nineteenth Century Brazil. Thus, important questions arise, such as: how did Page view the local habits and customs of the time? What was her relationship with the Portuguese language during her process of adaptation? What were her impressions about Rio de Janeiro’s daily life? What impact did the household management have in her travel experience? To this purpose, the paper adopts the idea of travel diaries as historically situated discourse, taking Page’s Brazilian Journal (1987) as material for analysis. Results indicate that, although Page sincerely loved Brazil, she also made important social criticism of the country, very often through irony in her descriptions of daily life and the Brazilian management of domestic life.
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