""Nossa Pátria, nossa Bandeira, nosso chefe"": as comemorações cívicas nas escolas de Santos durante o Estado Noco (1037-1945)

Abstract

This dissertation is the result of a research on the civic festivities in the schools of the city of Santos, São Paulo State, during the Estado Novo regime. It examines the changes introduced in the nation¿s civic calendar as a way to demarcate the beginning of a new civic temporality in Brazil. Through the commemorative programs published in the local newspapers A Tribuna e O Diário, it investigates the way the regime¿s civic culture, expressed in the ceremonial complex organized in the nation¿s Capital, was reproduced in the schools of Santos. It focuses in the celebrations of Brazil¿s Independence Day, known as Homeland Day, and National Flag¿s Day. The significance attributed to these civic holydays is investigated through civic education textbooks, children¿s poetry books and speeches given by Vargas and other authorities of the regime.