Abstract

DOMINGUEZ, Pablo Álvarez  and  VASCONCELOS, Maria Celi Chaves. The first female communion between two sides of the ocean (Brazil and Spain): archived images of education and religion. Cad. Hist. Educ. [online]. 2021, vol.20, e044.  Epub Jan 29, 2022. ISSN 1982-7806.  https://doi.org/10.14393/che-v20-2021-44.

The study refers to archives containing female photographic images about the moment of the first Communion, a ritual to which girls were subjected by their families, as one of the five main sacraments of the Catholic Church. The main objective is to analyze the portraits produced strictly for this purpose, the day of first Communion, with a focus on aspects such as posture, clothing, stage objects, furniture, religious symbols present, etc. More specifically, we seek to compare images produced in Brazil and Spain, during the first communion of girls, in the first half of the 20th century, examining the peculiarities of each country. The methodological procedures refer to a qualitative and historical-documentary research, which uses the comparative method of investigation. Among the results obtained is the close relationship between first Communion with school practices, characterized as a ritualized moment in the context of the school schedule itself.

Keywords : First Communion; Religious rituals; Brazil and Spain.

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