Strong ties in shabby lines: black writers, racism, and citizenship in the second half of nineteenth century

Author(s)

Ana Flávia Magalhães Pinto

• Document type: Doctoral Thesis
• Press: Campinas, SP.
• Institution: Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas
• Defense date: 2014-12-17

Examining board members

Sidney Chalhoub; Robert Wayne Andrew Slenes; Lucilene Reginaldo; Hebe Maria Mattos de Castro; Wlamyra Ribeiro de Albuquerque

• Advisor: Sidney Chalhoub

Abstract

This dissertation presents a study about the experiences of free and literate black men, who were active in the press, as well as in the political-cultural landscape of the cities of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro in the second half of the nineteenth century. Ferreira de Menezes, Luiz Gama, Machado de Assis, José do Patrocinio, Ignacio de Araújo Lima, Arthur Carlos and Theophilo Dias de Castro are the central subjects in this narrative, along with so many other "free men of color" who sought in different ways to conquer and maintain their spaces in the public debate about the Brazil¿s paths, while relying on the sustainability of their own individual projects. Against the grain of "color prejudice" daily practices, they not only contributed to debates on daily, abolitionist, black and literary newspapers, but also led the creation of resistance, confrontation and dialogue tools and mechanisms. Moreover, an analysis of their trajectories allowed for the recognition of the similarities and differences among them. Often times, they developed joint interventions, especially in the defense of citizenship rights for the manumitted, free and enslaved blacks (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 09/09115-0 - Strong ties in shabby lines: experiences of black intellectuals in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo newspapers at the end of the nineteenth century (1880-1910)
• Grantee: Ana Flávia Magalhães Pinto
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate