A morte entre os labirintos da memória: o assassinato de Jovelina Gomes na cidade de Uiraúna em 1943- recontando uma história.

Abstract

This research aims to discuss the case of the death of Jovelina Gomes, in 1943, in what was then called Vila Canaã, currently Uiraúna - PB. Following a social historiographical current work sought to discuss through oral histories and criminal proceedings, the issue that involved the death of the young woman, trying to analyze gender relations involved, given that this is a likely crime of passion disclosed by "stories"reported by the population through the memories built over past reports from generation to generation. Jovelina was a teacher and lived alone in Canaã, was murdered by Francisco Chagas de Morais, known as Chiquinho André, known and frequenter of their social networks. We attempted through oral reports (interview) of people who lived at the time and that somehow were related to the girl, trace the history that surrounds his death. Subsequently, the research develops from the analysis of the criminal proceedings concerning the case. Therefore, we analyzed this documentation in order to discuss the Jovelina life path that was so striking to the people of that village, thinking the various moments of the construction of multiple identities prepared for it. We have analyzed the identity around being a teacher in that context as well as the social and cultural context that Jovelina lived and how it was important to think about women's behavior in the 1930s and 1940s in Paraíba.