InventÃrio dos feitos modernizantes na cidade do Recife (1969-1975): sobre mediaÃÃes histÃricas e literÃrias entre a histÃria recente do Recife e o romance A rainha dos cÃrceres da GrÃcia, de Osman Lins

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2004

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Our historical investigation and reflection begins with the study of the central area of Recife, the epicentre of the Metropolitan Region of Recife, arising from which we can examine how the city was modernized between 1969 and 1975 so that it came to match up fully to the standards of a consumer and industrial society. In order to achieve this, the following were undertaken: urban re-ordering in the city centre; urbanization of the road network; setting up and using new forms of urban equipment; and the re-modeling of its landscapes. The architectural design for this arose from and was undertaken by the public authorities who linked up with private capital to create new opportunities for business and the highest income-earning groups in the city in whose interest it is to have effective territorial mobility as quickly as possible. The policies for all this were grounded in State machinery of an authoritarian and technocratic stamp which rationalized society in an instrumental way, and thereby imposed the costs of this modernization on the lower-income groups. But, the thesis also sets how to show, how these people reacted and how Osman Lins, through his novel A Rainha dos CÃrceres da GrÃcia (The Queen of the Jails of Greece), unveils, analyzes and criticizes this modernization and gives rhyme and reason to the dreams, projects, life experiences, history and drama of these social groups which Brazilian modernization disinherited. By making use of this relationship between history/literature and the social and political maneuvering between the social classes, we can also determine the production of distinct forms and ways of life in society, the compilation of paradigms in the cultural sphere, the re-definition of the relationship between memory and history, and the contiguity with the reserve of critical awareness of society

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historia modernization modernizaÃÃo histÃria recente recife recife recent history literature lins, osman literatura lins, osman

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