Em elaboração.
Speech. Hygiene. Educational legislation. School groups.
This thesis aims to investigate the presence of the hygienist discourse for School Groups in educational legislation of Rio Grande do Norte, in the period 1908-1925. The starting point was the hypothesis that the influence of the hygienist discourse on legislation expresses a modernization project in society that is linked through the School Groups. As for the theoretical framework adopted as a tool for investigative work the theories of Michel Foucault for discourse analysis present in the north of Rio Grande educational legislation, considering understanding of discourse and power connection from the regulatory nature of the legislation; and also the concepts of standardization and biopolitics. The main sources were: Laws, Decrees, Reports, Government Posts, Regulations, Regiments and educational programs. Thus, we see that the discursive practice that was examined in the north of Rio Grande legislation was a means to understand the socio-political situation, historical and educational permeated by power relations that sought to use school groups such as hygienists devices to contribute the eradication of the problems inherited from the monarchy and transform individuals into disciplined citizens, gentle, civilized, strong, healthy, sanitized, sanitizers for a civilized, modern nation.