"Raptou a menor seduzindo de amor": sensibilidades e práticas amorosas no sertão paraibano (1926-1956).

Abstract

This dissertation aims to analyze the practices of love in the interior of Paraíba, in the period from 1926 to 1956, through the analysis of criminal processes located in the cities of Cajazeiras, Pombal and São João do Rio do Peixe. The research presents a look at the daily life, discourses, subversions and gender relations. It was possible, through the criminal processes, to investigate the institutional place of justice and how it created discourses and formative practices for the individuals of that period, making it possible to go through some of these stories and the subversive relation with these same practices. Thus, I problematize how the feelings interfered in the choices and decisions of the individuals, aiming to educate and to condition the affections and the sensitivities. The stories produced through the criminal processes delineated specific problems, since each case presented different choices, experiences and conflicts. Therefore, as I came into contact with the cases and their dilemmas, anguishes, feelings, betrayals and loves, I was able to delineate the theoretical-methodological choices. The main one was to work with the singularity of each case, exploring expectations, conflicts and feelings. Methodologically, I problematize beyond crime-processes, magazines and love letters. This research follows the field of Cultural History, based on the concepts of Sensitivity, Daily Life and Gender, postulated respectively by Sandra Pesavento, Michel de Certeau and Judith Butler. This way, it was possible to perceive how the subjects re-signified their choices and loving practices as well as their gender identities, through assemblages, tactics and new subjectivities.