The Violent Land
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The Violent Land is a classic Brazilian novel by Jorge Amado that portrays the brutal struggles over land and power in the cacao-growing region of Bahia.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Violent Land canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literaryWork
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Jorge Amado NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Brazil ⓘ |
| depicts | cacao-growing region of Bahia ⓘ |
| explores |
lawlessness in frontier regions
ⓘ
political corruption ⓘ social inequality in rural Brazil ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
cacao planters
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landowners ⓘ workers in cacao plantations ⓘ |
| genre |
novel
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regionalist novel ⓘ social novel ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | Jorge Amado NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | Brazilian ⓘ |
| hasNotableElement |
depiction of violent land disputes
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portrayal of power struggles among cacao colonels ⓘ |
| hasSettingTime | early 20th century ⓘ |
| hasTitleLanguage | English ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Portuguese ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Brazilian modernism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Brazilian regionalist literature ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
cacao industry
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economic exploitation ⓘ land conflict ⓘ struggle for power ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Portuguese ⓘ |
| originalTitleLanguage | Portuguese ⓘ |
| portrays | brutal struggles over land and power ⓘ |
| setInRegion | cacao-growing region of Bahia ⓘ |
| settingCountry | Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Bahia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workOrigin | Brazilian literature ⓘ |
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