HISTORY AND MEMORY: THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE ISABEL MYTH VALENCIA, THE SILVA GIRL OF THE GRADES ACADEMICS OF THE WILDLIFE BY CARIOCA PRESS
The path of Isabel Valença, made popular in the carnival as “Chica da Silva”, allows us to perceive the importance of the relationship established between culture and media for the debate about genre and race in the years 1960/70. By making use of newspapers, interviews with late sambistas, and b...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Portuguese |
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Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
2013-06-01
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| Series: | Clio: Revista de Pesquisa Histórica |
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| Online Access: | https://periodicos.ufpe.br/revistas/revistaclio/article/view/24385/19745 |
| Summary: | The path of Isabel Valença, made popular in the carnival as “Chica da Silva”, allows
us to perceive the importance of the relationship established between culture and media for the
debate about genre and race in the years 1960/70. By making use of newspapers, interviews with late
sambistas, and books written by journalists and researchers, I have established the grounds for this
article. Playing the role of a slave from the colonial period, Isabel was able to concentrate women’s
strength and ability to overcome, becoming an example to be followed. The press helped to build the
myth and, to this day, continues to revere this character in the cultural scenery of Rio de Janeiro. |
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| ISSN: | 2525-5649 2525-5649 |