Caridade e filantropia na distribuição da assistência: a Irmandade da Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Pelotas - RS : 1847-1922

• Ano de defesa: 2007
• Autor(a) principal: Tomaschewski, Cláudia
• Orientador(a): Monteiro, Charles
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul; Porto Alegre
• Palavras-chave em Português: PELOTAS (RS) - HISTÓRIA; SANTA CASA DE MISERICÓDIA DE PELOTAS - HISTÓRIA; CARIDADE; ASSISTÊNCIA SOCIAL CATÓLICA; POLÍTICA SOCIAL
• Link de acesso: http://hdl.handle.net/10923/3995

This dissertation is about the brotherhood of Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Pelotas (Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil) between 1847 and 1922. Typical associations in the Luso world, the Misericórdias, were organized in several places, and they were responsible for assisting poor people. The Misericórdia of Pelotas was founded during the Second Empire taking over several assistance activities. To that extent, it supported a hospital (1848) where the exposed (abandoned children) and sick ones were received. It monopolized funerals and transportation to a cemetery (founded in 1855). It also supported two chapels to say mass for the brothers’ and sponsors’ souls. The brothers and mainly directors belonged to the political, economical and social local elites. Consequently, the richest ones could closely control the poor ones assistance. The brotherhood income came from donors (mainly), paid funerals, subvention and privilege given by the State. The study reveals that the main change in the way that relief was thought is contemporary to the slavery and Monarchy fall period, by the end of 1880’s, when the local elites lost their regional political power as well. From that time on, there were changes in the brotherhood composition (wide open admission) and assistance distribution, which was organized according to the new social and political configuration. The new administrations concentrated their efforts in the hospital activity redefinition that should receive not only the poor ones, but also those who could pay.