Do marinheiro João Cândido ao Almirante Negro: Conflitos memoriais na construção do herói de uma revolta centenária

Abstract

This article discusses the consolidation of the "Chibata Revolt" ("The Revolt of the Whip") (Rio de Janeiro, 1910) as a theme in Brazilian national memory, through the analysis of different moments and attempts at the restoration, appropriation and commemoration of the rising. I discuss how the building of the black sailor João Cândido as a national hero was a complex process during the twentieth century, which reveals values of different temporalities, contexts and social places. Analyzing three levels of memory - collective, national and individual -, I seek to understand how the celebrations related to this revolt also revealed violence, silence and forgetfulness, at the ecebido: março / 2011; aprovado: maio / 2011 time that clashes occur in the search for the recognition and legitimacy of an icon in the celebration of its centenary.