Da aculturação à formação: o papel dos estudos sobre a imigração na obra de Florestan Fernandes

Having received little attention from the interpreters of Florestan Fernandes’ work until recently, the author’s migratory studies, although revisited by specialists in this field, have been the object of implicit or explicit accusations of blame for the poor development of the theme in sociology, and especially at Escola Sociológica Paulista, from the 1940s onwards. This work aims to respond to this “sociology of abandonment” in the interpretation of Fernandes’ work, showing, through a systematic interpretation, that the author’s supposed departure from migratory studies did not happen without the provisions of an accumulative movement, characteristic of the formative model that the author fought for.