A construção da identidade e nacionalidade brasileira

Abstract

When talking about national roots, identity and love for the country, people make their own connections to these representations, some remember the symbols, others the history. This study tries to show, through bibliographical research, how the use of violence played a relevant role in the construction of national identity. During Independence, in the Regency Revolts and in the Paraguayan War, the use of violence, in the repression of insurgents by imperial troops and in war struggles, was the way for the central power to emerge victorious, and how these actions contributed to the formation of national identity. During the research it was possible to identify that all insurgencies were harshly repressed by the central government and repression movements took troops from other regions to the revolted places. It is on these displacements and the violence that occurred that the study is based, trying to demonstrate that these factors were quite effective in disseminating the thought of national unity. Other symbols are mentioned within this survey, but the greatest emphasis was given to the struggles and conflicts that culminated in the political movements of the period.