[From the Belle Époque to the city of vice: the fight against syphilis in Belém, Pará, 1921-1924].
This article analyzes the fight against syphilis in Belém, capital of the Brazilian state of Pará, between 1921 and 1924. When Instituto de Profilaxia e Doenças Venéreas (Institute for Prophylaxis and Venereal Diseases) was founded, headed by Dr. Heraclídes de Souza Araújo, many restrictions were imposed on prostitution in a bid to make prostitutes partners in the city's sanitation reform. The documents produced by the institute and published in newspapers of the day reveal the various clashes that occurred between doctors, the civil police force, and prostitutes, highlighting the prostitutes' attitudes to state intervention in their activities.
Universidade Federal do Pará, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém PA , Brasil, marciocouto@ufpa.br, Professor, Faculdade de História, Programa de Pós-graduação em História Social da Amazônia/Universidade Federal do Pará. Rua Augusto Corrêa, 1. 66075-110 - Belém - PA - Brasil. marciocouto@ufpa.br.
Márcio Couto
MC
Henrique
Universidade Federal do Pará, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém PA , Brasil, luamador@gmail.com, Mestranda, Programa de Pós-graduação em História Social da Amazônia/Universidade Federal do Pará; professora, Secretaria Executiva de Educação, Pará. Rodovia Augusto Montenegro Km 10, s.n. 66820-000 - Belém - PA - Brasil. luamador@gmail.com.
Luiza Helena Miranda
LH
Amador
D001938:Brazil; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D011477:Sex Work / Q000266:history* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D013587:Syphilis / Q000266:history* / Q000517:prevention & control