Oásis de progresso: o centenário e a construção de discursos sobre o Paraná

Abstract

The aim of this study is to analyze official discourses about the state of Paraná made in the first half of the 1950, during the administration of Bento Munhoz da Rocha Neto (1951-1955). In this period there were celebrations for the first centenary of state political emancipation (1953), which contributed to the discursive construction now analyzed. Such celebrations made the Paraná gain much visibility on the national scene, as well as huge dizibilidade caused by the production of many materials, monuments, as well as conferences and other events, whose central proposition is to build an idea about the state of its population, its economy, as well as establishing or consolidating memories and identities. Although many materials coats is a scientific aura, exposing the sole purpose of disseminating facts and statistics on the state, to include a broader set of analysis, they contribute to the construction of discourses on the Paraná, which are widely accepted and widespread, remaining until today. The work focuses on the analysis of documents understood as officials, in view of the sites where they were produced, the organs for which they were financed, and the guys who make the right to speak on behalf of what is understood as Paraná people. The analyzed sources were messages sent by the Governor to the Legislative Assembly in the years 1951 to 1956, the work 1º Centenary of Emancipation Paraná Policy - 1853 to 1953 - State Government Edition, the book of Paraná images, and Brazil Guide Globe Export and Import.