Vol. 5 • supplement • July 1998

ANALYSIS War as a picture and a spectacle: history staged in Os sertões Berthold Zilly  abstract Between Clio and Calliope: construction of the historical narrative in Os sertões Luiz Fernando Valente abstract The discursive ontology of Os sertões Leopoldo M. Bernucci abstract Os sertões: present time and archaism in the cultural representation of a Brazilian conflict Paulo Venancio Filho abstract The book that shook Brazil: the acclaim of Os sertões at the turn of the century Regina Abreu abstract Geology and geological metaphor in Os sertões José Carlos Barreto de Santana  abstract Visions of the desert: jungle and backlands in Euclides da Cunha Roberto Ventura  abstract Enlightened and romantic: the past in Euclides da Cunha’s Os sertões Glaucia Villas Bôas abstract The civilizing missions of the Republic and interpretations of Brazil Nísia Trindade Lima abstract The conquest of territory: backlands and frontier in Brazilian thought Lúcia Lippi Oliveira abstract Just down there, at the end of the avenue: Os sertões redefined by the sanitation movement during the First Republic Gilberto Hochman  abstract The work of Euclides da Cunha and debates on racial admixture in Brazil in the early 20th century: Os sertões and the field of medicine- anthropology at the Museu Nacional Ricardo Ventura Santos abstract Land struggles and social identities Mario Grynszpan abstract ‘Country’ culture in contemporary Brazil Silvana G. de Paula  abstract INTERVIEW Fact and fiction in the works of Euclides da Cunha Walnice Nogueira Galvão entrevistada por Nísia Trindade Lima e Simone P. Kropf text in portuguese IMAGES Flávio de Barros’ album of photographs: memory and representation of the battle of Canudos Cícero Antônio F. de Almeira text in portuguese Flávio de Barros, the illustrious and anonymous chronicler of the battle of Canudos: the photographs that Euclides da Cunha would liked to have taken Berthold Zilly text in portuguese