30 years of cadernos pagu

Abstract

A propósito de Pagu" [Concerning Pagu], written by Mariza Corrêa and published in 1993 as the first article of the first issue of cadernos pagu, offered a brief presentation about Patrícia Galvão , and her controversial and pioneer role in the arts, literature, journalism, and politics. According to Corrêa (1993), only sensitive readers understand that good authors must be returned to, and their ideas promoted, even if this does not necessarily mean they are truly recognized. As becomes clear at the end of the article, Pagu is one of these authors. Her ideas circulate until today, but her place in the canons of the arts and literature is not completely consolidated.To give the name Pagu to the Nucleus for Gender Studies and the scientific periodical that arose from this nucleus, is simultaneously a type of "revival" of her ideas, and a recognition of the pioneer work and struggles engaged in by Patrícia Galvão, as Corrêa (1993) affirmed. Moreover, and no less importantly, it says a lot about relations and exchanges involved in the production of knowledge, and about the constitution of the support and emotional networks inherent to feminist thinking and practice. Thus, Corrêa (1993:17) affirmed "we choose the name Pagu for our Gender Studies Center as suggested by Beth Lobo, the cousin of Mara Lobo, for many good reasons" 1 .In this first issue of 1993, Adriana Piscitelli elaborated the presentation of the periodical. In brief, although instigating words, she affirmed: "We present De trajetórias e Sentimentos, [From trajectories and Feelings] the first issue of Cadernos Pagu. This activity is a publication that is intimately linked to the interests and activities of a group: an interdisciplinary academic collective that intends to deepen knowledge of categories of gender through joint work" (1993:5, emphasis in the original). Since then, cadernos pagu has become one of the most important scientific journals in the field of feminist, gender, and sexuality studies in Brazil, and is recognized nationally and internationally.During its 30 years of publication, various formats and publishing schedules were adopted. At first, cadernos was published twice a year, and exclusively in print, like most Brazilian and international scientific journals at the time. Thumbing through the printed issues of the journal we find not only pages dedicated to promoting other journals for gender studies and those in the social sciences -like Revista Gênero, from the Transdisciplinary Nucleus for Gender Studies (NUTEG); Revista Cadernos de Campo, from the Graduate Program in Social Anthropology at USP; and the Revista Mora, from the Interdisciplinary Institute for Gender Studies of the University of Buenos Aires -but also a final page totally dedicated to the promotion of subscriptions to the journal, with various prices and forms of payment. Although cadernos pagu received public financing from the National Council for Scientific