Sob a proteção do Escapulário: Um estudo de caso sobre imigrantes espanhóis na cidade do Recife a partir da História Oral

Abstract

The paper in question discusses about the migratory process of the Perez Rodriguez family from Spain to the city of Recife, Pernambuco, in the late of the decade of the 1940, mainly as a result of the Spanish Civil War and the Second World War. It is an exploratory research about Spanish immigrants in Recife and the way in which they elaborate their transatlantic identity. It has a qualitative approach. And it has make since on a methodological triangulation based on: i) a case study, ii) oral history and iii) documental analysis. Through the case study of the Perez Rodriguez family it is possible to identify the strategies put in place for the formation of a family identity through which the members of the family constitute a legacy shared by various generations. We were able to confirm, in this way, that oral traditions and collective memories were the basis for the construction of the individual and collective identities of Perez Rodriguez; as well as investigate their strategies for building a legacy during exile. Thus, reports of the experiences of family members, collected through the methodology of oral history, serve to support the analysis and interpretations that will be backed by documents and photographs of the family Perez Rodriguez, referring to the epoch.