Práticas do catimbó: o advento da República e o controle das manifestações culturais africanas e afro-brasileiras no pós-abolição, Recife (1889-1929)

Abstract

This dissertation constitutes an analysis regarding the repression and persecution of practitioners of Afro-indigenous cults in Recife between the years 1889 and 1929. Starting from the newspapers of the time, we can see some of the sociability relations that were formed around these cultural traits. Generically represented as catimbó, these religious manifestations were repeatedly described by the press as an evil that should be extinguished from society. Understanding this communication vehicle not only as a transmitter of news, but also as opinion makers, we seek to understand the circumstances that led to the publication of such headlines. The periodicals of the period were positioned, almost always, in a combative way and this can be observed in some journalistic texts that tried to associate this religion with the existing social ills. For this purpose, authors such as CAMPOS (2001), MAGGIE (1992), MOURA (1988), among other researchers, assist us in this study. In this way, we tried to understand some of the situations that surrounded the Afro-religious people, as well as the relationships and social life, which, sometimes repressed, sometimes approached these people.