Blonde married with the sun during the last decade of the 19th century

Abstract

This article analyzes the city of Fortaleza, during the last decade of the 19^th century, in the period of most intense intellectual development of Ceará. Decade in which, despite not having escaped of the rigors of droughts, the peak of the belle époque as experienced, process of socio-urban modernization and remodeling that, however, excluded and segregated everyone who could tarnish the image of the “blonde married with the sun”. In this way, the lights of belle époque, in addition to blinding, formed shadows and the excess of euphoria with modernity would result in resistance to changes and the revenge of the popular religious imaginary. Miracles, ecstasies and revelations gave voice to old and new prophets who, even dressed on the rationality, would not make their predictions any less sinister. Therefore, through the bibliographical review, we investigated the social, technological, intellectual and religious context of the end of the 19^th century, trying to contribute with the perspective that Fortaleza was a city that was more than dichotomous, above all plural, kaleidoscopic.