Memórias linguísticas de Jorge Sérgio Lopes Guimarães.

Abstract

This dissertation aimed to analyze the narratives of Jorge Sérgio Lopes Guimaraes compiled in the book Atéondevai o surdo,published in 1961, in Rio de Janeiro. The 41 small chronicles were published originally between the years 1958 and 1960 in three newspapers circulating in the city of Rio de Janeiro: O Globo,o Jornal das Moças e o Jornal News Shopping. To know better the biography of the author, deaf and died in 1973, a friend and a niece were interviewed. The texts were analysed through thematic reduction procedure from which six categories emerged: Politics, Deafness, Education, Oralism, Sign Language and Portuguese Language. The contents thus organized into categories, allowed the understanding of representations of deafness as a disease and a crippling situation. At the same time, a speech discouraged and even banned sign language and made a positive reference to Oralism is perceived. The book by Jorge SérgioGuimarães is an important contribution to the history and memory of Brazilian deaf and still has very much to be explored for better understanding of deafness in the 50’s and 60’s of the twentieth century in Brazil.