Pelos caminhos de Jacobina: memórias e sentimentos (res)significados

Abstract

The thesis analyzes the social representations on the Muckers, in the period of time between the outcome of the conflict, in 1874, up to current days. The Mucker conflict definitely marked the history of the current town of Sapiranga/RS, in which the conflict happened. Having this question as a starting point, we investigated how representations on the Muckers have been produced at different times and contexts, the appearance of different versions on them, as well as the construction and manipulation of social imaginary on the episode and its characters by the community of Sapiranga town. We especially focused on the representations which were constructed and spread out on the scene of the conflict, the Ferrabraz Hill, and on two of its main characters, Jacobina Maurer and Genuíno Sampaio. We considered the different diffusion ways of these representations, such as historiography, literature, press, cinema and also art, connecting them to their production context and to the interests of different social group