Banca de DEFESA: KAMILA ROSA CZEPULA

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STUDENT : KAMILA ROSA CZEPULA
DATE: 19/08/2025
TIME: 14:00
LOCAL: VIDEOCONFERÊNCIA
TITLE:

The Denial of the "Chins": The Generation of 1870 and the Fight Against Chinese Immigration (1870–1885)

KEY WORDS:

Chinese immigration; opposition, Generation of 1870; abolitionism; political rhetoric; sinology; Imperial Brazil.

PAGES: 317
BIG AREA: Ciências Humanas
AREA: História
SUBÁREA: História Moderna e Contemporânea
SUMMARY:

This thesis aims to demonstrate that, between 1870 and 1885, through the use
of sophisticated rhetorical strategies—supported by a wide range of sources and direct
actions—the intellectuals of the so-called “Generation of 1870” played a decisive role in
blocking large-scale Chinese immigration projects to Brazil. These projects were then
perceived as the “lifeline” of the Imperial status quo. This research also seeks to explore
a dimension still underexamined in Brazilian historiography: the entanglement between
the abolitionist movement and the opposition to Chinese immigration. Finally, it
discusses how the so-called “Chinese question” fostered the development of a Brazilian
sinological knowledge, in synchrony with the formation of neocolonial academic
discourses in the 19th century.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Presidente - 1647918 - PATRICIA SOUZA DE FARIA CARVANO
Interna - 1579919 - FABIANE POPINIGIS
Interna - 386989 - MARGARETH DE ALMEIDA GONCALVES
Externa à Instituição - TÂNIA MARIA TAVARES BESSONE DA CRUZ FERREIRA - UERJ
Externa à Instituição - CÉLIA CRISTINA DA SILVA TAVARES - UERJ