Abstract

BAGNO, Silvana  and  EWALD, Ariane Patrícia. Memory of the cocanha country among descendants of italian immigrants in the beginning of century XX: the imagined Brasil. Estud. pesqui. psicol. [online]. 2009, vol.9, n.1, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1808-4281.

This study is about Italian immigration and it gives light to the imaginary of those who came in mass to Brazil in search of a new world, the paradisiacal one, pursuing the dream of a Terrestrial Paradise, the imaginary country of the Cocanha. This modality of phenomenological research intend to comprehend the “souvenirs” of the memories that belongs to descendants of Italian immigrants, specially related to what their ancestor had imagined they would find in Brazil, when arriving here. This subject is illustrated from literary compositions, by using the personage Nanetto Pipetta, clandestine young Veneto immigrant, whose adventures were published weekly in chapters in the gaucho periodical “Stafetta Riograndense”, in the years 1924-1925. The imaginary of Brazil as the country of the Cocanha for the Italian immigrant finds in this personage its faithful expression, keeping lighted the flame of the hope of a better life for themselves and the future generations.

Keywords : Italian immigrants; Literature; Imaginary; Cocanha.

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