A NOVA HISTÓRIA E AS HISTÓRIAS CULTURAIS: O CONCEITO DE APROPRIAÇÃO EM ROGER CHARTIER, CARLO GINZBURG E E.P. THOMPSON.

Abstract

This article discusses the concept of appropriation in the work of three important historians of new history: Roger Chartier, Carlo Ginzburg and E. P. Thompson. Focusing on New History and Cultural Histories, the text examines how different social groups construct meanings based on cultural representations and social practices. Roger Chartier proposes an approach to cultural history that explores the relationships between representations and social practices, highlighting the complexity of interactions between high and popular culture, and the appropriation of cultural goods by different groups. Carlo Ginzburg, with his microhistory and the evidentiary paradigm, emphasizes the importance of seemingly insignificant details to reveal broader cultural dynamics. E.P. Thompson, in turn, examines cultural appropriation in the formation of the working class, showing how workers reinterpreted cultural traditions in resistance to bourgeois domination. The article analyzes how these three authors specialized in a deeper understanding of cultural appropriation and its implications for historiography.