A construção das identidades políticas em Minas Gerais (1834-1844)

Abstract

This work – The construction of political identities in Minas Gerais (1834 - 1844) – aims at analyzing the different political identities which were constructed in this county, within a meaningful context to support the understanding of the national Brazilian State construction. From the recent contributions of historiography, which tries to get the constitution of the political parties, this work focuses on the political languages adopted as well as on the image constructions which distinguish the groups. To reach these objectives, the political speeches produced by the historical actors are examined through the analysis of mails, folders, memories and journals. The symbolical images constructed around the groups and the actors involved in the political disputes are observed as a means to understand the identities images which arise from them. In this perspective, it is regarded both who made the speech and the public it was directed to, trying to make clear the way it is identified, the way the rivals were addressed and in which time dot and under which temporal circumstances the given speech was used.