Abstract

CABRERA BECERRA, Gabriel. The Antillean presence in the Amazon: the Barbadian blacks, the exploitation of rubber and its images. memorias [online]. 2018, n.36, pp.57-96. ISSN 1794-8886.  https://doi.org/10.14482/memor.36.305.8.

This paper examines the presence of Antillean blacks in the rubber exploitation of the Amazon. Due to the concentration of contents in relation to the indigenous people in the literature on rubber extraction, the role of these men as perpetrators is reiterated in all their contents, but leaves aside topics about their real participation, their private life, their destiny and their place as victims. This article aims to make visible the role of this population sector by combining an exhaustive review of the texts as well as the photographs of them. The article concludes that much is needed to know about this human group and that its history as many is androcentric, emphasizes and generalizes the exercise of violence.

Keywords : Caribbean peoples; Rubber; Amazonia; Photography; Casa Arana.

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