A Independência e uma cultura de história no Brasil

Abstract

The aim of this article is to propose a preliminary analysis of attitudes and
values that Brazilians have nowadays about a specific historical event –
the Independence of Brazil – as well as reflecting on the relationship of
such values and attitudes towards academic conditions of intellectual
formulation around a historical fact. The research is based on textbooks,
bestsellers, videos, movies and History magazines as well as on a public
opinion pool. Finally, the article discusses the notion of “culture of history”,
and how it can possibly guide Brazilian social values about the past.