Tal Brasil, qual América? a América Brasileira e a cultura ibero-americana

This article shows how the magazine – “América Brasileira:Resenha da Actividade Nacional” (1922-1924) -, published by thewriter Elysio de Carvalho (1880-1925), wanted to shed light on theIberian-American literature and the relevant cultural questions ofthe two sides of America: the Lusitanian and the Hispanic. Themagazine is dedicated to some of the personalities of the Iberianworld, from Hispanic America: Rubén Darío and Rufino Blanco-Fombona; from Spain: Juan Valera, Ramón Gómez de la Serna andAzorín; from Brazil: Graça Aranha and Ronald de Carvalho. Theanalysis of the magazine shows how his editorial treated thecoexistence between nationalism and cosmopolitanism, betweentradition and modernity, so to avoid efforts to reduce the impact ofthe peripheral position of the Brazilian society regarding culturalwelfare