Uma micro-história da menoridade de Campina Grande (1927-1932).

Abstract

This dissertation entitled "A Micro-Historia da Menoridade em Campina Grande de 1927 -1932" aims to discuss and investigate the minority in the city of Campina Grande (1927 -1930) through the timeline of three young people. We demonstrated their needs to have a job, their confrontation towards the older ones and their romantic relationship. We divided our work in three chapters: in the first, called CICERO MARIA: MENORIDADE EM CENA NAS RUAS DE CAMPINA GRANDE, we discuss the history of the young Cicero Maria, evidencing his wanderings through the city of Campina Grande, as well as his conflict against the police; in the second chapter entitled O RECEM NASCIDO ASSASSINADO NO INFANTICIDIO we discuss a crime of infanticide that took place in the city, therefore we presented the respective criminal process where its shown the attitudes of the involved ones; the third chapter, named MARIA DA CONCEICAO, A MENORIDADE DEFLORADA. demonstrates the minority's seductive face despite the justice and police's vigilance. We used and analyzed ten criminal processes and a few photographs as sources. Also, we used as theoretical contribution the authors of social and cultural history due to the need of discuss concepts as childhood, minority and crime.