A cidade ferve e o bicho espreita: os dominantes e a política em Feira de Santana (1945-1964)

Abstract

Is found here a study of Feira de Santana's political situation between the coups-de-état of october 1945 (end of Estado Novo's dictadorship) and april 1964 (beginning of civilian-military dictadorship). About this historical experience, we analyze: 1) the transformations in Feira de Santana's living, shown in the growth of the city and electoral emergence; 2) the power practices of dominant individuals and groups, noticed in their organization and political project; 3) the rearrangements of power, observed in the disputes around the city's administration. For that, we use as empirical material: the newspapers Folha do Norte, Gazeta do Povo e O Coruja; the IBGE'S census; the law projects and records of the counselor's chamber and the novels Setembro na Feira and O bicho que chegou a Feira. The teoric-methodologic basis was constructed around Antonio Gramsci's notion of political theory and Michel de Certeau's reflections around power relations. Finally, we treat the local politics in a wide, integrating manner, inseparable of social relation's picture happening in Brazil in those years.