Em busca de uma cidade moderna: transformações urbanas e representações de Parnaíba em seu Almanaque (1924 - 1941)

Abstract

In Brazil, as happened in Europe, the 20th century can be characterized by the fascination with cities, the affirmation of urban space as a synthesis space of national modernity. We can also highlight in Brazil in the first half of the 20th century the growth in the circulation of written language, with the expansion of the Brazilian publishing market and an increase in the number of books, magazines and newspapers. Added to this list are campaign pamphlets aimed at women and children and almanacs. Among the printed materials that circulated in Brazil since the 1920s, the Almanaque da Parnaíba, published in Piauí, with annual periodicity and circulation throughout Brazil, contributed not only to the dissemination of new habits and customs, but also participated in the formation of a social imaginary from Parnaíba in the first decades of the 20th century. The city of Parnaíba was presented, in this form, as “modern”, beautiful and attractive, highlighting its commercial potential and its economic importance within the State of Piauí. This thesis analyzes the Almanaque da Parnaíba in the period between the years 1924 and 1941, focusing on the dissemination of reforms carried out in the city, the dissemination and linking of notions about the role that Parnaíba women should assume in marriage and in caring for children.