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Film as Comrade-in-Arms: Image, Drama, and Identity in the Hã-Hã-Hãe Struggle for Recognition

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 September 2022

Peter Anton Zoettl
Peter Anton Zoettl*
Affiliation:
Centre for Research in Anthropology (CRIA-UM), Braga, Portugal
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Abstract

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The article reflects on the relation of drama, image, and anthropological “writing” from a visual anthropological perspective, based on the case of the Hã-Hã-Hãe indigenous people from northeastern Brazil and the production of a short participatory video documentary in support of the Hã-Hã-Hãe's case. Drama is discussed as a genre that provides the basis not only for the filmic representation of the Hã-Hã-Hãe's struggle for recognition but also for the public negotiation of the Indians' story and the social drama of which they are a part. Due to the nature of the subject, the article is presented as a work in progress, tracing the author's engagement with a continuously developing narrative and seeking to give an account of the fragmentary and event-oriented nature of ethnographic representation.

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Resumo

O presente artigo reflete sobre a relação entre drama, imagem e “escrita” antropológica, baseado no caso dos índios Hã-Hã-Hãe do Nordeste brasileiro e a produção de um pequeno vídeo documental participativo para apoiar a sua causa, a partir de uma perspetiva da antropologia visual. “Drama” é discutido como um género narrativo que domina não somente a representação fílmica da luta de reconhecimento dos Hã-Hã-Hãe, mas também a negociação pública da sua “história” e do “drama social” do qual fazem parte. Devido ao caráter dinâmico do caso dos Hã-Hã-Hãe, o artigo apresenta-se como um contínuo work-in-progress, seguindo o relacionamento do autor com uma narrativa em constante desenvolvimento, procurando, desta forma, problematizar a natureza fragmentada da representação etnográfica.

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Research Article
Information
Latin American Research Review , Volume 51 , Issue 1 , 2016 , pp. 3 - 21
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Copyright © 2016 by the Latin American Studies Association

Footnotes

The research for this paper was financed by a postdoctoral grant from the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT).

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