Em busca de um Brasil genuinamente brasileiro”: nacionalismo e o discurso anti-imigrantista da Sociedade dos Amigos de Alberto Torres (década de 1930)

Abstract

The objective of this article is to analyze aspects of the trajectory and action undertaken by the Sociedade
dos Amigos de Alberto Torres, a nationalist entity founded in Rio de Janeiro, in 1932, reinterpreting ideas defended
by its patron, the sociologist and politician Alberto Torres. In a special way, we will approach the campaigns imposed
against the arrival of Assyrian immigrants and, later, of Japanese origin, to Brazil, in the 1930s. In the field of action, the
Society of Friends of Alberto Torres used the strength of the press and insertion in the National Constituent Assembly
of 1933-1934 to achieve the goals of its anti-immigrant agenda. From a methodological point of view, we adopted
the analysis of documentary and press sources, especially those safeguarded in the National Library’s Hemeroteca
Digital. Among the works that helped in the preparation of this article, we highlight the research of Geraldo (2009),
Nucci (2009)...