Receptáculo de memórias: simbolismo das roupas usadas na cerimônia de batismo em São Gonçalo do Amarante-CE

• Autor(a) principal: Lima, Crisna Sampaio
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Tipo de documento: Trabalho de conclusão de curso
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC)
• Texto Completo: http://www.repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/61531
• topic: Memória; Roupa; Batismo; Simbolismo

The present study seeks to understand the importance of clothing as an instrument of embodiment of memories. From the analysis of children's baptism clothes that were preserved by mothers, who live in the city of São Gonçalo do Amarante-CE and baptized their children from 1978 to 1998. With this, we seek to find out how these pieces help in the preservation of family stories. The methodology used was initially based on a bibliographic research, aiming to theoretically support this study. Then a field research was conducted, where semi- structured interviews were conducted with five women who preserve their children's baptismal clothing. In addition, a documentary research was made based on the analysis of photos found in family albums, as it is recognized the importance of family albums for the preservation of memories, functioning as a file that records family stories. From the interviews, it was possible to understand the remembrance power of certain clothes. Thus, one can see more subjective characteristics of clothing, clothing going beyond its practical and aesthetic functions. In this study, clothing is seen as an instrument for preserving family stories, stories that survive over time and are passed on from generation to generation.