Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-26T18:17:05Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Joaquim Luiz Nogueira.pdf: 4313792 bytes, checksum: 43bcd224a5278279ad6f6ee5d7437f72 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-04-24 / The analysis of the construction of women s bodies in the magazine called O Cruzeiro ( The Cross) from 1928 to 1940 has been the aim of this research. For the execution of the task, we have submitted the texts to Jean-Marie Floch s theoretical basis and then we have worked upon the cultural, historical and social concepts with reference to the visual index which have made possible to portray the women s bodies with their thematic and plastic parts and their figured side as well . We have researched a lot of shapes, colors, usages and likings related to the women s images on those covers during the historical time that has been studied and the elements which form the physical, cultural, social and economical environment involved in the femininity construction. These factors have helped us describe the changes which happened to women in their everyday lives in the first decades in the 20th century in Brazil / Esta pesquisa tem como objetivo analisar a construção do corpo feminino na revista O Cruzeiro no período de 1928 a 1940. Para o desenvolvimento dessa análise, submetemos os textos à fundamentação teórica de Jean-Marie Floch e, com base nesse referencial, trabalhamos os conceitos culturais, históricos e sociais, referindo-nos aos índices visuais que possibilitam retratar o corpo feminino, os elementos temáticos e plásticos desse corpo, bem como a sua figuratividade. Nossa leitura investiga a pluralidade de formas, cores, usos e gostos vinculados à imagem da mulher nessas capas durante o período histórico estudado e os elementos que compõem os ambientes materiais, culturais, sociais e econômicos envolvidos na construção da feminilidade, fatores estes que nos ajudam a retratar as mudanças ocorridas no cotidiano da mulher nas primeiras décadas do século 20 no Brasil