Paulistania (region)

Paulistania

Corresponding territories of Paulistania
Language Portuguese and Paulist (completely extinct in the 20th century, influencing the caipira and southern dialects of the Portuguese language)
Location South America
-Southeast of Brazil
-South of Brazil
-Central-West of Brazil
Parts Goiás
Mato Grosso
Minas Gerais
Mato Grosso do Sul
Paraná
São Paulo
Largest cities São Paulo (SP)
Curitiba (PR)
Goiânia (GO)
Campo Grande (MS)
Uberlândia (MG)
Cuiabá (MT)

Paulistânia is the geographical denomination of the caipira people, being a historical-cultural region.[1][2] It is made up of the states of São Paulo, Paraná, Minas Gerais, Goiás, Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul. Its territories were explored by the bandeirantes, becoming a field of Paulista influence[3] and an area of accommodation for its caipira culture.[4] In addition to the territories that normally make up Paulistânia, the caipira cultural influence evidently reached other states, such as Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina, where the main influence was through tropeirismo, giving rise to the population of birivas, who are its descendants.

The idea of a caipira cultural region was established thanks to a conservative historiography, linked to the patriotic spirit of intellectuals from São Paulo, who wanted to define a certain territory for the 'Paulista race'. The concept of the region began to be worked on from the 1930s onwards by Alfredo Ellis Jr.,[5] and was then contributed to by other intellectuals, such as Antonio Candido, who defined the region as an axis of expansion and diffusion of the bandeirante culture, even making visits between 1952 and 1954 to municipalities in Minas Gerais and Mato Grosso with the aim of establishing comparisons.[6] The concept of the region was established thanks to a conservative historiography linked to the patriotic spirit of São Paulo intellectuals, who wanted to define a specific territory for the São Paulo race.

  1. ^ "Congresso de História Nacional". Imprensa Nacional: 492.
  2. ^ Victal, Jane; Cordova, Vitor Sartori (2016-05-08). "Territorialidades Caipiras: o ser e a identidade do lugar". Iluminuras (in Portuguese). 17 (41). doi:10.22456/1984-1191.64560. ISSN 1984-1191.
  3. ^ https://periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/labore/article/view/8649202. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ^ VILELA, Ivan. Cantando a própria história. Música caipira e enraizamento. p. 42.
  5. ^ DÓRIA, Carlos Alberto. A culinária caipira da Paulistânia. p. 69.
  6. ^ CANDIDO, Antonio. Os parceiros do Rio Bonito. p. 12.