Nos trilhos do lazer: entretenimento urbano e mercado de diversões em Divinópolis, Minas Gerais, 1890-1920

Abstract

This article investigates the history of the development of new modalities of leisure in Divinópolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil, between 1890 and 1920. More specifically, we study how public and commercialized amusements, such as theater, movies, circuses, sports, bars, musical spectacles and recreational clubs contributed to a expansion of public sociability and urban entertainment in this city, in a context marked by urban reforms, population growth and economic diversification, despite the predominance of general features still markedly rural. In such circumstances, a small amusement market developed in Divinópolis, notwithstanding with the limited supply and consumption of cultural goods and services.