Memórias de um ofício: os marmoristas e o Cemitério Municipal de Juiz de Fora (1864-1974).

Abstract

The research entitled Memories of a Craft – The Marble Workers and the Municipal Cemetery of Juiz de Fora (1864-1974) examined the role played by these professionals throughout history the main mortuary public space of Juiz de Fora. Therefore, this study addressed the creation and operation of this cemetery as important to the rise and decline of the five marble shops that existed in the city. Moreover, it was also objective of this dissertation to bring the trajectory of other professionals who are dedicated to the construction of graves in Juiz de Fora. It resorted to the most diverse documentary sources available in public and private archives, city libraries, in addition to consulting the general bibliography and focused on the topic. The memory of the descendants and their family collections were also an important tool for text construction. Finally, it is emphasized that this research sought to understand how the marble workers could see their craft beyond a simple job, so we analyzed their graves to seek, in these, part of the cultural universe in which they were inserted.