Goiania, the metropolis of the hinterland: visual representations of the capital of Goias in the revista oeste

Abstract

Goiânia, symbol of the “March to the West” from “Estado Novo”, is founded under the aegis of progress, rather than the former administrative headquarters of colonial characteristics. The effort of establishment as capital, however, goes beyond its spatial concretization - through an urban plan that could evoke modernity - and is articulated, also, in the symbolic field. The discourses, prior to the first constructions, are carriers of the idealized city and, in this conjuncture, the representations reside. Understanding them as presentiment of a culturally constructed image, the approach of this work proposes establish a look about Revista Oeste and its photographic records of Goiânia, exploring them as important elements of discursive and imaginary consolidation of the capital.