Brazil: Quoting Mario Juruna: Linguistic Imagery And The Transformation Of Indigenous Voice In ...

Brazil: Quoting Mario Juruna: Linguistic Imagery And The Transformation Of Indigenous Voice In The Brazilian Print Press Laura R. Graham, 2011   In this article, I reveal the textual mechanisms that influential news editors employed to manipulate popular understandings of Mario Juruna, a Xavante leader who played an important role in advancing democracy during Brazil's military dictatorship and became the first Indian elected to national office. I argue that editors used the implicit...

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