Resumo

DUARTE, Josué  e  BARREIRA, Marta. Primary School Textbooks under the Estado Novo: Cultural and Visual Representations and Ideological Messages. RLEC/LJCS [online]. 2025, vol.12, n.1, e025005.  Epub 30-Jun-2025. ISSN 2184-0458.  https://doi.org/10.21814/rlec.6368.

This article analyses the cultural representations present in primary school textbooks during the Estado Novo regime in Portugal. It explores how education was used as an ideological tool to instil social values and reinforce the authoritarian governance of the time. Through an analysis of the content and structure of school textbooks, the study identifies key themes such as nationalism, moral discipline and the promotion of traditional roles. The research adopts a qualitative and historical approach, focusing on the relationship between education and propaganda to uncover the subtle mechanisms by which the regime influenced the minds of young people. The results highlight the crucial role of school textbooks as cultural tools for shaping minds and maintaining social control in the context of an authoritarian State.

Palavras-chave : Estado Novo; school textbooks; cultural representations; ideology; propaganda.

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