THE ETHNIC SCHOOL IN THE CITY OF SÃO PAULO AND THE FIRST TONES OF AN ITALIAN IDENTITY (1887-1912)

Abstract The purpose of this article is to understand the organization of Italian ethnic schools established in the city of São Paulo as spaces for the constitution of a national identity, an Italianity. For the construction of the text were used, documentary analysis of sources, such as statutes, norms and programs for the operation of Italian schools; documents of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Italy; Yearbooks of Italian schools abroad; legal orders; newspapers, books, among others. The temporal limits refer to the period marked, on the one hand, by the creation of schools, and another by the production of normative documentation. The ethnicity category was used as a pillar of support for the analysis undertaken.

摘要：本研究旨在探析巴西圣保罗市境内意大利裔学校的组织架构，此类学校是构建国民身份认同与意大利族群身份特质（Italianity）的重要空间载体。本研究采用文献分析法开展研究，所依托的资料涵盖意大利学校运营相关的章程、规范与办学纲领、意大利外交部档案、海外意大利学校年鉴、法律政令、报刊书籍等多元类型。本研究的时间跨度划定为：一端以意大利学校的创办为起始节点，另一端以相关规范性文件的出台为终止节点。本次分析以族群研究范畴作为核心支撑框架。