Consumo de bebidas alcoólicas e conflitos sociais: a contribuição dos “bêbados” criminalizados para o estudo da formação social da colônia Ijuí (1890 a 1920)

Abstract

This study examines the relationship between alcohol consumption and violence in Ijuí city, in the period from 1890 to 1920. For the research, we collected documents in the intendance, and crime-processes for the period of the study. When studying these documents, we noticed a diversity of conflict situations, in witch the consumption of alcohol was considered as one of the major reasons for the conflict. This finding led me to study specific cases on the subject, in witch it was possible to identify that alcohol consumption had several meanings. These meanings were associated to a moral deviation of the alcohol consumers, or to festive occasions related to leisure, or they represented a way to escape from punishment. Thus, the study analyses how people that remained out of the pages of history books – that often were described as drunk, delinquent, immoral or criminal – are also important in the process of social community building.