| dc.description.abstract | This study has the objective of analyzing the foundation of the, Cruz e Sousa
Recreative Society and Uniao Operaria, built by the afro-descendants diaspora in
Laguna, Santa Catarina, in the post-abolition period between 1870 and 1950. Such
study has the intention to learn about the tensions between the people selfproclamed Mulattos and Blacks, understanding their identities from the social place
occupied by each member of the two Associations. We aim to understand what
meant to be a "mulatto" or a "black" for those men and women in that context, and
what made them want to silence and/or to hide their racial-ethnicity. Understanding
the confrontation and memory-related problems, we believe that, when summoned
by the interviewer, it can put in evidence experiences of an era that brings up the
history of common people which have been ostracized and/or ignored by traditional
history in the course of historic processings. In this way, we intend to perceive the
construction of these identities, and understand how this memory was generated and
reinforced in such social spaces. We intend to evidenciate the organization of the
recreational clubs in an attempt to comprehend its dinamics, strategical places of
associativism, the possible relationship networks with other clubs, their individual and
collective projects, their aspirations and expectations toward social ascension
(climbing), visibility and respectability in the battle for citizenship in Laguna during the
first half of the XX century. | en |
