Dormia a nossa pátria mãe tão distraída: comemorações ao sesquicentenário da independência do Brasil em Campina Grande/PB.

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the historical significance of the celebrations of the Sesquicentenary of Independence of Brazil in the context of the military dictatorship, seeking to analyze the question "What is the historical significance of the commemorations of the Sesquicentenary of Independence of Brazil in the context of the military dictatorship in Paraíba with special emphasis on Campina Grande? ", Specifically aimed at explaining how the 150th anniversary of Brazil's independence in Campina Grande / PB developed, to contextualize the construction of the party and the role of political propaganda, and to problematize how the military dictatorship appropriated history. Theoretically, this project fits in the perspective of Marxist Social History, because it tries to throw a critical eye on how the military regime appropriated the commemorations referring to the sesquicentennial and the ostensive propaganda to generate a sympathetic approach with the people. We thus seek to understand the theme through the concepts of ideology, hegemony and organic intellectual of António Gramsci, aiming at a political-ideological perspective on the theme. To do so, the periodical "Jornal da Paraíba", corresponding to the month of September of 1972, will be used as the main research source. Other sources used are the Diário da Borborema newspaper, Minutes of the Municipal Council of Campina Grande and correspondences Sent and received by the Historical and Geographic Institute Paraibano (IHGP) for the year 1972. Campina Grande and Paraíba were also part of the context of celebrations and through the analysis of the sources we verified how the state media and the authorities were conniving with what Was occurring in Brazil in front of the military plans. Through the reflections proposed in the research, we identified that such moment was celebrated throughout the country and, through propaganda, served as a sort of "sympathetic" approach of the military regime with the popular strata, celebrating its own history and especially the present and Future plans.