Abstract

LIMA, Fábio Souza. “She cannot marry yet/only after she graduates”: body control and training of student teachers in the capital of Brazil (1920-1950). Educ. Rev. [online]. 2021, vol.37, e75693.  Epub Aug 04, 2021. ISSN 1984-0411.  https://doi.org/10.1590/0104-4060.75693.

The purpose of this article is to study the historical context in which Decree 9.529, of December 28, 1948, was promulgated in the capital of Brazil. Such standardization prohibited female students who became teachers in the public school system of the Federal District from marrying and remained in force until 1953. We approach the historical period from the late 1920s to the early 1950s from a double dimension: body control and teacher training. The aim of this investigation is to collaborate to the understanding of how the society of Rio de Janeiro, in the typical process of modernization of these decades, accepted, formulated and incorporated norms that interfered in the private life of the training primary teacher in the two official units of the city. We chose to use as sources the periodicals of the time, triangulating this material with bibliographies about the concept of gender. The results demonstrated the historical and cultural influence of the Christian faith in the production of the representation of teachers, as well as the control of their body and the restrictions regarding their life perspectives. We conclude that research into the past of this issues is as important as the discussions held today, because in view of the current growth of conservatism, knowing the past can offer us better arguments for maintain and create social rights that will make a more just society.

Keywords : History of Education; Teacher training; Body control; Social Modernization; Student teachers.

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