O fantástico caso da médium Anna Prado nas páginas dos jornais paraenses no alvorecer do século XX

Abstract

In this dissertation, we seek to explore the narratives of newspapers from Pará in the years 1918-1920 which had as main character a medium named Anna Rebello Prado. News that were a cause of astonishment for readers and annoyance for the Catholic Church because the medium gained allies and critics by allowing press coverage of her deeds, especially the materialization of spirits, and showing how journalism easily surrendered to the fantastic and unusual, at the dawn of the 20th century in the city of Belém do Pará. The objective of the research is to see the journalistic coverage of fantastic elements, such as the medium and her powers, and its acceptance by journalism as important components of reality the social and history of a community. To understand these aspects, we will also conduct a study on Belém in the 1920s, and who were the main characters of the intriguing medium that aroused the curiosity and attention of daily newspaper readers in Belém.