https://ri.ufs.br/jspui/handle/riufs/2431 2026-08-24T19:50:18Z 2026-08-24T19:50:18Z Jesus, Mary Hellen Silva de https://ri.ufs.br/jspui/handle/riufs/25812 2026-08-18T13:05:52Z 2026-05-19T00:00:00Z

Título: Visualidades urbanas e escritas da história: a HQ Serigy em análise (2014-2024) Autor(es): Jesus, Mary Hellen Silva de Abstract: This dissertation analyzes the cultural representations present in the comic book Serigy, produced by the Sergipe-based publishing collective Serigy Comics, focusing on the connection between image, identity and belonging. The research assumes that comics, beyond their entertainment character, constitute a graphic-narrative language capable of producing historical and cultural meaning. Grounded in the theoretical frameworks of Cultural History, Visual Culture and Visual History, the analysis considers the image as a historical and symbolic document. The central problem of the investigation is to understand how Serigy mobilizes memory and urban references to produce a localized reading of the narrative. The research advances three hypotheses: the work creates the figure of a peripheral hero who engages with the superhero imaginary through a hybrid perspective; the city of Aracaju functions as a narrative agent; and the comic mobilizes local cultural symbols as strategies of identity affirmation within the cultural field. Methodologically, the work combines semiotic and hermeneutic analysis of the imaginary drawing on authors such as Peter Burke (2004), Moacy Cirne (1972, 1975, 1982, 1990, 2000), Hans Belting (2014), Gilbert Durand (1988, 2012), José D’Assunção Barros (2022), Néstor Canclini (2000, 2007, 2007), Roger Chartier (1990, 1998) and Ulpiano Bezerra de Meneses (2003, 2005). The dissertation is organized into three interconnected chapters. The first examines the trajectory of the Serigy Comics collective, its organizational forms, and its strategies for entering the cultural market of Sergipe. The second analyzes the *Serigy* comic book as a visual device for urban identity, investigating the construction of the hero João Pedro and the mobilization of local cultural markers. The third chapter concludes the analysis begun in the second by highlighting the centrality of the city within the narrative. The research shows that comics function as devices of memory and symbolic resistance, affirming regional production in a context historically marked by the hegemony of foreign narratives. The conclusion is that regional comics can act as legitimate sources of historical analysis, contributing to the strengthening of collective memories and the affirmation of local identities.

2026-05-19T00:00:00Z Souza, Maria Beatriz Rodrigues https://ri.ufs.br/jspui/handle/riufs/25745 2026-08-03T16:59:58Z 2026-04-30T00:00:00Z

Título: Entre agulhas, punhais e câmeras: cangaceiras protagonistas no cinema (1976 – 2017) Autor(es): Souza, Maria Beatriz Rodrigues Abstract: The theme of cangaço found fertile ground in cinematic productions. The saga of Lampião and his mens entered the realm of the seventh art, resulting in roughly fifty films identified throughout the 20th century. However, only a few works have sought to portray the role of women cangaceiras. For this reason, this study examines how the audiovisual productions A Mulher no Cangaço (1976, by Hermano Penna), A Musa do Cangaço (1982, by José Umberto Dias), and Entre Irmãs (2017, by Breno Silveira) approached the protagonism of these female bandits. Two documentaries and one feature film were selected, respectively.The study investigates how these productions mobilized the memories and testimonies of women who took part in the cangaço. In dialogue with the history of the backlands (sertões), gender studies, and social discourse analysis, cinema emerges as a privileged space for the surfacing of marginalized memories, enabling these figures to be repositioned as protagonists of their own narratives. By revisiting the history of cangaço from a female perspective, elements once considered secondary could be inscribed as fundamental parts of this experience. This approach was made possible through the theoretical framework employed, which shed light on the subject. Accordingly, the analysis intersects gender as a category of analysis (Scott, 1995), the history of women (Perrot, 2007), subterranean memories (Pollak, 1989), and the testimonial turn in historical knowledge (Seligmann-Silva, 2022). Based on these reflections, it also became essential to consider the sertão and the discourses surrounding Brazil’s Northeast region (Albuquerque Jr., 1999, 2008, 2013; Araújo Sá, 2011, 2020, 2023). Methodologically, the study primarily focused on examining testimonies, dialogues, and scenes through the principles and procedures of social discourse analysis (Orlandi, 2002, 2007), alongside contributions from historiography on banditry. In the audiovisual productions, the main objective was to identify the agency and protagonism of women cangaceiras. The investigation further demonstrates how the testimonies of surviving participants, recorded in the documentaries, resonated in contemporary fiction, highlighting tensions between oppression and freedom, violence and resistance.

2026-04-30T00:00:00Z Almeida, Igor Trindade de https://ri.ufs.br/jspui/handle/riufs/25737 2026-07-31T19:35:03Z 2025-08-22T00:00:00Z

Título: Consolidação do American Way pelo poder cultural nos Estados Unidos (1941-1955) Autor(es): Almeida, Igor Trindade de Abstract: In the 19th century and early 20th century, the United States witnessed a clear rupture in the hegemony of thought that supported both political and economic power. This change was caused by the accumulation of inconsistencies in what was then known as the “American Way of Life,” or simply the “American Way.” Fearful of the system’s rupture, a group defending Anglo-Saxonism, a conservative policy of preserving American ideals, assumed political power, which, through “Acts” (laws) and the support of the economic elites, created what became known as the new “American Way of Life,” without, however, regaining popular support. This research seeks to understand how cultural power allowed the consolidation of the new ideological system. To this end, the codependency relationship between the fields of economic, political and, especially, cultural power was studied, which, according to Pierre Bourdieu (1930-2002), exerts a symbolic, invisible power of cohesion and social control. The study observed the formation of the new American middle class, the “White Collars”, who were chosen to be the official model of the “American Dream”, the ultimate achievement of life in the United States. To achieve temporal cohesion and better conduct of the theme, we sought to investigate the producer and artist Walt Disney (1901-1966), his biographical construction in the search to become an individual symbol of success of the new ideology (Self-Made Man), as well as his effect as an agent of cultural power. Although the processes of rupture and reconstruction began at the end of the 19th century, we adopted the time frame from 1941 to 1955, starting with the strikes motivated by ideological dissociation and the first attempts by political power to create an alliance between the other powers, for the creation of Disneyland in the 1950s, the materialization of the American dream. To this end, a broad range of sources was used, from animations produced by Walt Disney, to a set of letters, newspaper materials and official FBI reports, linking this to an in-depth study of the North American jurisdiction relevant to the topic, these analyzed with the support of thinkers such as John Dewey (1859-1952), Jean Baudrillard (1929-2007), and the aforementioned Pierre Bourdieu.

2025-08-22T00:00:00Z Leite, Lhais Isla Dantas https://ri.ufs.br/jspui/handle/riufs/25481 2026-07-09T18:57:37Z 2026-04-24T00:00:00Z

Título: Tecendo um campo: os estudos sobre a branquitude no Brasil (2017-2024) Autor(es): Leite, Lhais Isla Dantas Abstract: This work addresses national productions on whiteness produced between 2017 and 2024, with the main focus of analysis being historiographical works. Thus, the objective is to present and discuss how the study of whiteness in Brazil has been occurring in recent years. To this end, we analyzed dissertations and theses defended in postgraduate programs in History at Brazilian universities during the aforementioned period. From this procedure, we traced how researchers are using the theme, as well as understanding how the theme is being applied to the field of History. We also sought to interview the main researchers in the field, in order to reconstruct the current scenario of production. For this purpose, we interviewed the researchers: Lia Vainer Schucman, Lilia M. Schwarcz, Lourenço Cardoso, Marcus Vinicius de Freitas Rosa, and Willian Luiz da Conceição. We conclude that the field is expanding, acquiring more space and credibility within the university. Furthermore, within the historiographical field, interest in the topic is recent and belated, and we can point to a conservatism within the field, as well as discomfort and tension arising from the advancement of research on whiteness within historiography.

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