Vivências e experiências associativas negras em Bagé-RS no pós-abolição: imprensa, carnaval e clubes sociais negros na fronteira sul do Brasil (1913-1980).

Abstract

This dissertation approaches the associative experiences of black subjects in the city of Bagé-RS in the Post-abolition period (1913-1980). Through the analysis of the city black press, carnival organizations and social clubs, it was intended to observe the strategies used by these subjects to declare themselves in a locality whose social relations were racialized. The period that serves as the stage of analysis for the present study is Post-abolition, not only thinking it as a chronological landmark from May 13, 1888. In this context, black people have built multiple strategies to assert themselves in the society of Bagé. First, it was intended to observe the invisibility of the performance of black men and women in the city of Bagé through the works of local historians and writers. After this, we will go to the analysis of the performance of the black press in Bagé, paying attention to its demands and it’s political projects; soon, it will be debated the performance of black carnival entities, who from the 1940s intensified and were responsible for giving the tone of the street carnival of Bagé. Finally, we will observe the experiences of two Black Social Clubs - Palmeiras and Zíngaros - and how these clubs were important spaces of resistance of black men and women, forming themselves as true strongholds of affirmation of the race. The material used in the research consist of newspapers from Bagé black press, as well as the widely circulated newspaper entitled Correio do Sul; statutes of the Zingaros Club; photos of carnival entities and local black entities and records obtained through interviews with members of the black associations in the city.