This work is a study of the circulation of books and reading practices among anarchists active in the city of São Paulo in the 1930s. We analyzed the formation and development collection of the Centro de Cultura Social (CCS) Library. This center was organized by anarchists in the year 1933 and closed in 1937 on the occasion of the Estado Novo, ending its first phase. His library in that period consisted of books, newspapers, anarcho-syndicalist militant documents and had the duty to serve as input to the center of culture activities, as commented readings, lectures, courses and theatrical activities. In addition to this source of research we also used reviews and adverts of selling published books in the newspaper A Lanterna and A Plebe, between 1933 and 1935 and DEOPS / SP documents, such as notices of search and seizure of anarchists private libraries and research reports about books circulation and newspapers libertarians. Were used as a theoretical research of Robert Darnton on the history of books and reading practices. About the authors of the books of both libraries, the old library of the Centro de Cultura Social and the private libraries seized, draw attention classic authors of anarchism as Malatesta, Proudhon, Kropotkin, Reclus Elisée, but also others like Marx and Trotsky. In the Literary genres we found essays, stories, novels and poetry. Regarding to the circulation of books, was found that some were sold in bookstores in the city of São Paulo, through newspapers libertarians and by the militants. Among the anarchists were frequent as commented reading practices on spaces like centers of culture and public libraries as the readings of individual works acquired through purchase and stored in small private collections.
Este artigo pretende analisar a história e as perspectivas atuais do Centro de Cultura Social (CCS), em suas três fases: de 1933 a 1937, de 1945 a 1969 e de 1985 aos dias atuais, através de jornais que noticiaram suas atividades, como A Plebe e Dealbar e documentos do antigo Departamento de Ordem Política e Social de São Paulo (DEOPS/SP). Para as atividades realizadas a partir de 1985, foi consultado o site do Centro de Cultura Social. Desde 1933, a entidade oferece atividades que favorecem o aprendizado de seus participantes, como palestras, teatro, debates e acesso à biblioteca. Além disso, o Centro de Cultura Social é um espaço de resistência e combate aos autoritarismos. Esta entidade é um local de formação de gerações de anarquistas e uma referência no meio libertário.
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