Por uma identidade cultural para Goiás: uma análise da revista Goianidade (1992)

Abstract

The magazine Goianidade was published in 1992 by the Goiania Press Association, in a single edition, and aimed to build a cultural identity for Goiás, fostering the idea of belonging between the citizen and his place where he lives. The period in which the journal came to the public is very interesting, since it came less than five years after two major events that affected the population of Goiás: the radioactive accident with Césio-137, which occurred in 1987 in Goiânia, and the creation of the State of Tocantins, from the division of territory in 1988, with the advent of the new Constitution of the Republic. The objective of this article is to analyze the itinerary traced by the magazine for the creation of a cultural identity for Goiás from the assumptions of Stuart Hall. Also, we will discuss the context in which the magazine was created and how the text suggests that the young capital, Goiânia, built in the 1930s, claimed the leading role in the formation and construction of the identity of Goiás. In addition, we will discuss the gaps left by the magazine in recounting this past, where we believe the stigmata of the history of Goiás, such as decay, isolation, and backwardness, reside.