O Xangô Pernambucano no Museu do Estado de Pernambuco: a narrativa reproduzida no Núcleo Afro-brasileiro da Exposição Pernambuco Território e Patrimônio de um Povo

Abstract

This article seeks to analyze the Xangô Pernambucano nucleus that makes up the permanent exhibition Pernambuco: Territory and Heritage of the People at the Pernambuco State Museum (MEPE). We will initially discuss the constitution of the collection that makes up the collection and then the way in which these objects are presented in the exhibition. On this occasion, we will debate the function of historical museums and the legitimacy that the narratives reproduced in these spaces have in society. Our research sources are: the curatorial text of the exhibition and the expography of the exhibition core, analyzed from the perspective of History. Our theoretical foundation drew on authors such as Francisco Regis L. Ramos and Myrian Sepúlveda dos Santos. As results of the investigation, we affirm the understanding of the narrative of the Xangô Pernambucano exhibition center as a reproduction of Gilberto Freyre's interpretation of the formation of Brazilian identity.