Yes, nós temos baianas: o processo de construção da personagem baiana de escola de samba no século XX

Abstract

In this article the central question will be to understand how it came to building and fixing the image of Bahiana Samba School character as a symbol of carnival in Rio and Brazil in the first decades of the twentieth century. The study of the Bahian popular show and procedures related to it deserves a raise and research in art and popular culture in Brazil. The proposition is to demonstrate the significance of dynamic visual elements that defined the image of Bahia, from the second half of the eighteenth century by recognizing the visual signs made on their costumes, the set of influences ranging dialogue with the plurality and diversity of cultural conventions, considering the process of modern events, a reflection in the construction of permanent representation of broad national significance