As redes de sociabilidade de Carlota Carvalho para a publicação do livro O sertão (1924)

Abstract

This dissertation investigates the networks of sociability that enabled the publication of the book *O Sertão: subsídios para a história e a geografia do Brasil* (1924), authored by the Maranhão-born teacher and writer Carlota Carvalho. Situated within the context of the second half of the 19th century and the first decades of the 20th century, the research aims to analyze the profile of the participants in the networks of sociability that made the publication of *O Sertão* possible in 1924. Specifically, it seeks to: investigate the social, political, and cultural context of Brazilian and Maranhão women between the second half of the 19th century and the first two decades of the 20th century; analyze the functioning of Carlota Carvalho's networks of sociability; and understand the social origin, professional activities, and contributions of the main members of these networks to the spaces of intellectual and cultural production of the period, with special attention to the works of Carlota Carvalho. Anchored in the History of Education and in gender studies and women's writing, this work adopts a historical approach of a documentary nature, using as main sources the book *O Sertão* and periodicals from the Maranhão and Rio de Janeiro press available in the Digital Newspaper Library of the National Library. The theoretical framework engages with authors such as Sirinelli (2003), Perrot (2005), Louro (2007), Bourdieu (1989, 1991), Lima (2021), Motta (2002; 2008), Pachêco Filho (2014), Rênor (2005), Santos (2014), Souza (2017) and Silva (2021), among others. The analysis revealed that the publication of Carlota Carvalho's work was the result of an articulated set of family, intellectual, and journalistic relationships, involving figures such as Parsondas de Carvalho (her brother), Nascimento de Moraes, Luiz Murat, and Souza Bispo. It can be concluded that such networks of sociability were fundamental not only for the publication of O Sertão, but also for the legitimization of the author in the intellectual field of her time, reaffirming the leading role of women in the educational and cultural history of Maranhão.