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Colonel Sydnei: social ascension and dominant class in the trajectory of a black army officer

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Author(s):
Benno Victor Warken Alves
Total Authors: 1
Document type: Master's Dissertation
Press: São Paulo.
Institution: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH/SBD)
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Examining board members:
Antonio Sergio Alfredo Guimaraes; Angela Maria Alonso; André Pereira Botelho
Advisor: Antonio Sergio Alfredo Guimaraes
Abstract

I analyze the trajectory of the military, professor and businessman Sydnei Lima Santos (1925-­2001), also known as Coronel Sydnei. Born in a humble family in the city of Rio de Janeiro, he became an army officer, moved to the city of Curitiba still in the beginning of his career, and ended up building an important private higher education institution, Universidade Tuiuti do Paraná. I investigate how this exceptional history was shaped by class and race conditionings along two distinct displacements in the social space: a movement of social ascension and the achievement of a dominant class position. From a more subjective standpoint, I still examine the attitude developed by the Coronel towards the racial problem in correspondence to the dominant ideology of his time: the racial democracy. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 12/21097-0 - The trajectory of social ascension and success of a black army officer and entrepreneur in Curitiba in the second half of the twentieth century
Grantee:Benno Victor Warken Alves
Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master