Invention discourse tradictions from southern amazon

Abstract

This article addresses the issue of tradition constructions through discourse, which contributes to identity formation on historical subjects. Our goal is to problematize the invention of traditions in the State of Acre, relating and confronting the elaborated versions by historiography and the statements produced by political agents in the State. In the analyses of this theme, Hobsbawm (2006) is mentioned for addressing the issue of traditions invention. Halbwachs (2006) and Pollak (1989) are mentioned for the collective and social memories, as well as the communities’ creation and traditions derived from this category. Bakhtin (2003) is mentioned for the discursive statements construction and Ranzi (2008) for the social roots in the construction of Acre. Finally, concrete examples are placed to explain the processes that influence the construction of a mass-discourse about one of many Amazons that exists: the “acreana”.

Keywords

• Tradição
• Discurso
• Invenção
• Amazônia
• Acre