Novas configurações na política do Agreste pernambucano: leis estaduais de emancipação (1962-1964)

Abstract

It is not new that Pernambuco historiography contributes in a unique way to the production of historical knowledge about Colonial Brazil and Empire Brazil, and enriches the debate about this period of Brazilian slave society. On the other hand, the history of the settlement of the countryside of the state was little studied and debated for many years, with few historiographical productions, especially when it comes to the 20th century. In this way, this research aims to highlight the countryside of the state. Based on authors such as Nunes Leal, Cristina Donner, Le Goff and Foucault, we seek to analyze the processes of emancipation in dialogue with political history, investigating the constitution of local power in emancipated villages between the years 1962 and 1964, in the so-called “Agreste meridional”, specifically those belonging to Garanhuns-PE. The phenomenon of en bloc emancipation that occurred in the state of Pernambuco during the 1960s aroused a desire for analysis and debate about this event, starting from the interior and later contextualizing it with the state situation. However, there is also a national context precisely in 1964 with the end of the democratic regime due to the coup perpetrated by civilians and the military, which adds and incorporates even more elements into these events. The methodology that involves working with oral sources and memories has been essential so far in order to interpret and listen to the voices of characters who participated in or who inherited "memories" about the historical process investigated here. In addition, it also uses documentary analysis, records, minutes, decrees, laws and newspaper reports.