https://repositorio.ufpb.br/jspui/handle/tede/5438 PPGH 2026-08-13T03:53:44Z https://repositorio.ufpb.br/jspui/handle/123456789/38562 Título: “Você já se sente um herói?”: shooters como cultura histórica e discursos de ódio na comunidade gamer Autor(es): Costa, Lucas Dantas Orientador: Veiga, Ana Maria Abstract: This work stems from an interest in analyzing and investigating synergies between hate speech frequently circulated in the West through virtual media and the production and hyper-popularization of content centered on digital games world. Thus, it aims to investigate the interaction between these discourses, the far-right behavior in contemporary society, and how it potentially articulates and reorganizes itself through ideological perspectives also evoked in the discourses of electronic war games. What interests here is not only the electronic games and their narratives themselves, but also the ways in which these cultural artifacts are apprehended, assimilated, and potentially mobilized by members of the gaming community. From this intersection, it is possible to question and investigate the circulation of xenophobic, racist, and misogynistic discourses, which also expand into chauvinistic positions, whose pro-military interventionism in the contemporary context of the War on Terror also gives them anti-Arab and Islamophobic overtones. Editor: Universidade Federal da Paraíba Tipo: Dissertação 2025-08-25T00:00:00Z https://repositorio.ufpb.br/jspui/handle/123456789/38560 Título: "Mãe dos pobres de Itabaiana" : na rainha do Vale do Paraíba, Dona Dida se projeta como liderança em temas sociais Autor(es): Barbosa Neto, Pedro Matias Orientador: Santos Neto, Martinho Guedes dos Abstract: This dissertation explores the political and social trajectory of Eurídice Moreira da Silva, popularly known as Dona Dida, a prominent female leader from the city of Itabaiana, in the interior of Paraíba, Brazil. The research analyzes how Dona Dida constructed her image as the “Mother of the Poor”, positioning herself as a defender of social causes and gaining access to spaces of power within a political environment historically dominated by men. Adopting an approach that integrates social, political, and cultural history, the study draws on a variety of sources, including official documents, photographs, interviews, newspapers, and memoirs. It engages with theoretical concepts such as symbolic power, political representation, invented traditions, and collective memory, drawing on scholars such as Pierre Bourdieu, Eric Hobsbawm, E.P. Thompson, and Roger Chartier. The city of Itabaiana is presented as a stage for political and social disputes, revealing tensions between tradition and modernity, as well as between male dominance and the growing participation of women in local politics. The dissertation also examines Dona Dida’s struggles throughout her career, including her electoral victories and defeats, as well as episodes of resistance that shaped her political path. By investigating the construction of her leadership and the strategies she employed to establish herself as a prominent figure, this research contributes to broader debates on gender, political culture, and political memory, bringing to light the story of a woman who broke barriers and redefined the role of women in Paraíba's political sphere. Editor: Universidade Federal da Paraíba Tipo: Dissertação 2025-08-29T00:00:00Z https://repositorio.ufpb.br/jspui/handle/123456789/38543 Título: Entre o sagrado e o profano: as representações de Padre Cícero nos cordéis de autoria feminina Autor(es): Chaves, Isadora Assunção Sousa Orientador: Cury, Cláudia Engler Abstract: This research analyses representations of Father Cícero Romão Batista in cordel literature written by women. Throughout history, women have been systematically excluded from the literary field and confined to the domestic sphere, their presence erased by dominant narratives. This exclusion also manifested within cordel literature, yet did not prevent women cordel writers from gradually asserting themselves as authors and protagonists of their own stories. The primary aim of this study is to examine how these women writers constructed and disseminated representations of Father Cícero in their booklets, exploring religious, political, and social aspects of his trajectory. The research is grounded in Cultural History and adopts a qualitative approach, with textual analysis of selected works. Based on the Roger Chartier's theory, it assumes that social representations are historically constructed and interpreted by different groups. The analysis reveals that these female writers not only reinterpret the figure of the priest, but also broaden the thematic scope of cordel, introducing female perspectives that were previously marginalised. The findings point to a diversity of approaches that reaffirm the relevance of female contributions to cordel literature and highlight a process of symbolic appropriation of the figure of Father Cícero by women, associating him with values of faith, resistance, and regional identity. It is concluded that this literary production contributes to the preservation of social memory and the recognition of female protagonism in the construction of narratives within contemporary Brazilian popular literature. Editor: Universidade Federal da Paraíba Tipo: Dissertação 2025-05-09T00:00:00Z https://repositorio.ufpb.br/jspui/handle/123456789/38032 Título: "Estão cobertas de vírus e quase moribundas" : seca, saúde e doenças na Parahyba do Norte (1877-1880) Autor(es): Brasil, Rayane de Lima Orientador: Mariano, Serioja Rodrigues Cordeiro Abstract: This dissertation analyzes the living and health conditions of the population of Paraíba do Norte between 1877 and 1880, within the context of the so-called "Great Drought" of 1877-1879. Situated within the field of the History of Health and Disease, the research investigates the main measures of healthcare, food, and housing assistance directed at both the resident population and those in displacement, analytically understood here as migrants, both affected, albeit in different ways, by the effects of the drought. The study problematizes the representations constructed about these migrants in administrative, medical, and journalistic sources, as well as hygiene standards, healing practices, and the main causes of death during this period. We also consider the migratory flows from the Sertão region to the other mesoregions of Paraíba and, subsequently, the return movements to the interior from 1880 onwards, as well as public policies to combat droughts, such as the construction of dams and emergency support centers, like infirmaries, hospitals, and colonial settlements. The analysis engages with the New Cultural and Social History, mobilizing concepts such as social representations, to understand how migrants were portrayed in the sources; biopolitics, to examine the mechanisms of control over collective health; and political cultures, to interpret the government's actions and discourses in the face of the crisis. The concept of networks of sociability and experience is used to identify family and institutional ties and work relationships formed in this context. The methodological approach is anchored in Historical Demography, especially in the systematic use of Parish Death Registers, which make it possible to reconstruct age profiles, mortality patterns, and the effects of drought on the most vulnerable social groups. This set of sources is complemented by medical reports, correspondence, hospital statistical maps, administrative documents, and periodicals from the time. By broadening the scope to the year 1880, the dissertation demonstrates that the effects of the drought extended beyond its climatic end, revealing the persistence of diseases, the precariousness of living conditions, and the limitations of public assistance policies in the post-drought period. In this way, the work contributes to historiography by highlighting the drought as a historically produced social and sanitary crisis, marked by profound inequalities and experiences of illness, suffering, and resistance. Editor: Universidade Federal da Paraíba Tipo: Dissertação 2026-02-23T00:00:00Z