Entre o sonho e a realidade: implantação e recepção da luz elétrica em Campina Grande nas páginas dos Jornais (1920-1940).

Abstract

The present study aims to address the advent of electricity in Campina Grande. We take as journalistic sources for research materiais published in local newspapers between the years 1920-1940, in which the electric light was represented as the lighting system par excellence, a symbol of modernity, a trademark of European metropolises and large cities. In this sense, we try to analyze the implementation and maintenance of public lighting in this city as well as the conflicts and tensions it did trigger, setting up obstacles to the realization of what was intended as "progress" and "civilization." We aim to further reflect on the implications of this equipment in the daily Campinense sectors of the population in order to modernize the discourse that justifiea the deploument of the Service.