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The language of drunkenness: Cachaça and alcohol in the political vocabulary during the American Portuguese rebellions

Revista de Historia (Brazil)
DOI: 10.11606/issn.2316-9141.rh.2017.114859
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Similarly to events occurring in Europe during the modern age, drunkenness was often attributed to those groups promoting the protests and rebellions in colonial Brazil. The rhetoric intended to downplay legitimate claims by clouding the political imagination with images of rebels and drunken slaves.

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De Almeida Figueiredo, L. R. (2017). The language of drunkenness: Cachaça and alcohol in the political vocabulary during the American Portuguese rebellions. Revista de Historia (Brazil). Universidade de Sao Paulo, Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciencias Humanas. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9141.rh.2017.114859

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