Movie theaters: space of leisure and sociability in São Leopoldo

Authors

  • Carlos Eduardo Ströher Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
  • Cristina Ennes da Silva Universidade Feevale

Abstract

The article analyzes the movie theaters of São Leopoldo as spaces that promoted leisure and sociability, specifically in the first half of the 1940s. Its goal is to discuss in which way the cinemas’ program was inserted in the sociocultural context of the period – marked by the unfolding of the World War II and the strong nationalization campaign undertaken by the Brazilian president Getúlio Vargas – as well as the local public’s involvement with films and the importance of the exhibition rooms in the city’s everyday life. The study’s main source is the Correio de São Leopoldo newspaper, the main periodical of the time, analyzing all the stories related to movie theaters based on the methodology of content analysis. Thus, it was possible to infer that the movie theaters were privileged spaces of interaction of São Leopoldo’s society during the 20th century.

Keywords: cinema, leisure, sociability.

Author Biographies

Carlos Eduardo Ströher, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Graduado em História pela Feevale (2008), Especialista em Ensino de História e Geografia  pela UFRGS (2011) e mestre em Educação na UFRGS (2014). Tutor na área de Ciências Humanas na Universidade Feevale e professor de História.

Cristina Ennes da Silva, Universidade Feevale

Possui Graduação em História (Licenciatura Plena) pela Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (1994), Mestrado em História pela Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (1997) e Doutorado em História Ibero-Americana pela PUC/RS (2007). Atualmente é Diretora do Instituto de Ciências Humanas, Letras e Artes - ICHLA. Professora titular na Graduação e Pós-Graduação e pesquisadora do Grupo de Pesquisa em Cultura e Memória da Comunidade na Universidade Feevale.

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Published

2014-05-05

Issue

Vol. 18 No. 3 (2014): September/December

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Articles

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