Enredos tutelares: o Juizado de Órfãos e a (re)organização da família porto-alegrense no início do século XX

Abstract

In the early years of the 20th century, there were many changes in the Brazilian Republic. The new political-administrative model that was being settled aimed the modernization of the country by attaining the European characteristics of civility; therefore it was necessary to change the population habits and customs. Thus, the Juízo Distrital da Vara de Orfãos of Porto Alegre had a great role on promoting a new organization of the society inside of the families from Porto Alegre, because this unit would create and raise the citizen for the new Republic, as well the new desired individual. This study tried to understand how the Juízo dos Orfãos influenced the (re)organization of the families, the habits and customs of the population from Porto Alegre. For this, the present research had the Social History as the theoretical methodological establishment, in order to clarify the practices of this Juízo during the moment that these individuals were experiencing family breakdown. We believe that, in this way, it is possible to understand how the modernization process in the city of Porto Alegre influenced the structure and the social (re)organization of the family and, consequently, care for children.