Itamar Freitas

Abstract: Esboço Histórico e Geográfico do Baixo São Francisco, is the publication of the manuscript of the same name, written by Antônio Xavier de Assis and organized by Carlos Pinna de Assis and Gilfrancisco dos Santos. The work, from a geographical and historiographical perspective, addresses life around the São Francisco River, between the 17th and 19th centuries.

Keywords: São Francisco River, Lower São Francisco, Colonization.

Memories of a river — Antônio Fernando de Araújo Sá’s (UFS) review of “Esboço Histórico e Geográfico do Baixo São Francisco”, by Antônio Xavier de Assis, organized by Carlos Pinna de Assis and Gilfrancisco dos Santos Read More »

Abstract: Criminologia: Contribuição Para Crítica da Economia da Punição, written by Juarez Cirino dos Santos, addresses the field of Criminology from a historical perspective and based on the category of social class. Keywords: Criminology, Social class, Economics of Punishment. The book Criminologia: Contribuição Para Crítica da Economia da Punição, written by Juarez Cirino dos Santos,

Penalty and value — Review by Pedro Araújo Sampaio’s (PPGEAFIN/UNEB) review of “Criminologia: Contribuição Para Crítica da Economia da Punição”, by Juarez Cirino dos Santos Read More »

Abstract: Negras(Os) da Guiné e de Angola: nações africanas, vivências e sociabilidades em Sergipe (1720 – 1835), written by Joceneide Cunha dos Santos, investigates the identities of African men and women, resident in Sergipe, in the 17th and 19th centuries . The author defends the thesis that the processes of identification of these people depended,

Identities — Itamar Freitas’s review (UFS), on the book “Negras(Os) da Guiné e de Angola: nações africanas, vivências e sociabilidades em Sergipe (1720–1835)”, by Joceneide Cunha dos Santos Read More »

Abstract: Comissão Nacional da Verdade: o último capítulo da justiça de transição no Brasil? was written by Amanda Cataldo de Souza Tilio Santos with the aim of investigating the institution, functioning and results of the Brazilian National Truth Commission (CNV). The author declares that the initiative results from the organization of an international legal body

Fair and true — Jandson Bernardo Soares’s (UFRN) review of on the book “Comissão Nacional da Verdade: o último capítulo da justiça de transição no Brasil?”, by Amanda Cataldo de Souza Tilio Santos Read More »

Abstract: Educação no sertão: memórias e experiências das professoras no alto sertão sergipano (1950 – 1970), is the book by Cácia Valeria de Rezende that addresses the trajectory of teachers who work in the semi-arid region of the state of Sergipe, placing emphasis on projects and pedagogical practices to combat illiteracy among children, young people and adults.

Keywords: Teachers, Literacy, Sertão.

Teaching in the interior of the country – Marcelo Santos Nascimento (UFS) and Raul Soares Bomfim’s (UFS), review of “Education in the backlands: memories and experiences of teachers in the high backlands of Sergipe (1950 – 1970)” organized by Cacia Valeria de Rezende Read More »

Abstract: De costa a costa. Escravos, marinheiros e intermediários do tráfico negreiro de Angola ao Rio de Janeiro (1780–1860), by Jaime Rodrigues, explores the organization of the trade in enslaved Africans, during the 18th and 19th centuries, between Angola and Brazil, placing emphasis on the “negotiations and conflicts”, on the vessels, on the “sailors” and

Long crossing – Daniel Costa’s (UNIFESP), on the book “Escravos, marinheiros e intermediários do tráfico negreiro de Angola ao Rio de Janeiro (1780–1860), by Jaime Rodrigues Read More »

Abstract: The work significantly expands studies on the work of musicians in Brazil. The author presents, with the rigor of the dialectical historical materialist method, the trajectory of migrant worker musicians who lived between the banks of the rivers and the capital of the state of Amazonas, and reveals the motivations related to the subsistence of these workers in the transit between the rural and urban environments of Amazonas and their subordination to the capitalist production process.

Keywords: Working musicians, Amazonas, Capitalist mode of production.

Harmony and objective effort – Review by Luciana Requião (IEAR/UFF), on the book “Das Beiradas ao Beiradão – the music of migrant workers in Amazonas”, by Bernardo Mesquita. Read More »

Abstract: The gourd and the cane: stories, memories and trajectories of blind people in Salvador, in search of economic insertion and social self-determination (1963-1993), by José Jorge Andrade Damasceno problematizes prejudice and explores the empowerment of blind people in contemporary society.

Keywords:Blind people, Prejudice, Visual impairment.

Visual impairment in question – Review by Luiz Fernando de Carvalho Reis (FAI) on the book “The bowl and the cane: stories, memories and trajectories of blind people in Salvador, in search of economic insertion and social self-determination (1963-1993)”, by José Jorge Andrade Damasceno Read More »

Abstract: History and Art: temporalities of the sensitive, explores the relationship between historiography and aesthetics. It is a collection organized by Ana Lúcia Vilela and Maria Elizia Borges that explores the cognitive and aesthetic experience of authors such as Ernst Kris, Eduard Fuchs, Aby Warburg, Georges Didi-Huberman, Glauber Rocha and Machado de Assis.

Keywords: Historiography, Aesthetics, Art.

Aesthetic historians – Review by Mileny Santos Xavier on the book “History and Art: temporalities of the sensitive”, organized by Ana Lúcia Vilela and Maria Elizia Borges Read More »

Abstract: Berlin, released in Brazil in 2020, is a writing about the German past, with the rise of Nazism in the 1920s, in a Graphic Novel format. Interweaving lyricism and realism, the result of extensive research for the historical foundation, the work aims to reflect on the strategies used by the regime to become a viable option in the minds of the German people.

Keywords: Nazism, Totalitarianism, Comics, Graphic Novel.

Mechanisms for the Rise of Totalitarianism – Review by Marcos Manoel Silva Severiano (URCA) on the book “Berlim”, by Jason Lutes Read More »

Abstract: Under the times of the equinox: eight thousand years of Central Amazonian history”, is the most recent work by Eduardo Góes Neves. In the text, the historian, archaeologist and anthropologist tells the story of the occupation of the central Amazon over eight thousand years, covering the period of refuge between indigenous people and Europeans.

Keywords: Archeology of Central Amazon, Forest, Organic waste.

Human action in time — Review by Fábio Alves dos Santos (UFS) for the book “Under the times of the equinox: eight thousand years of Central Amazonian history”, by Eduardo Góes Neves Read More »