ANALYSIS OF THE PROHIBITIONIST SPEECH RELEASED BY THE NEWSPAPER NORTE-RIO-GRANDENSE DIARIO DE NATAL BETWEEN THE DECADES OF 1960 AND 1980.
Northeastern hinterlands; Prohibitionism; Military Dictatorship; Diário de Natal.
This research aims to analyze historical sources that refer to the contemporary uses of marijuana in the northeastern backlands, through the newspaper Diario de Natal - located in the state of Rio Grande do Norte during the period of the Military Dictatorship in Brazil. The objectives we intend to achieve are to point out the institutionalized forms of control as a form of prohibition and repression of the use of marijuana during the period of the Military Dictatorship; highlight the resistance processes of northeastern country people in the face of military dictatorial repression and the prohibition of the contemporary uses of marijuana; discuss the concept of contemporary sertoes to problematize the temporality and spatiality in which they are inserted; and, understand the relationship of the northeastern backlands with the social, economic political, intellectual, among others, legal issue of drugs through the discourses analyzed in the sources. For the theoretical and methodological basis, we will use Michel Foucault's (2006) studies on discourse and its possibilities for analysis. Finally, ensuring the northeastern backlands as producers of contemporary social and cultural practices, we will use the productions of Durval Muniz de Albuquerque Junior (2014). Analyzing the prohibitionist discourse 3 disseminated by Diario de Natal, the study reveals the rhetorical and argumentative strategies used to promote the prohibition of certain substances and behaviors. This includes identifying patterns of language, metaphors, and narratives that supported the prohibitionist discourse. In conclusion, the analyzed documents provide a detailed view of the repressive actions and discursive construction related to marijuana during the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, a period marked by the Military Dictatorship and the global context of the war on drugs. The prevailing legislation, censorship, and public morality shaped how marijuana was addressed and perceived in the media, reflecting a restrictive and criminalizing viewpoint.