Traveling and the memory of Senior Citizens: a study in the region of Serra Gaucha

Authors

  • Susana de Araújo Gastal Universidade de Caxias do Sul; Programa de Pós-Graduação
  • Ana Maria de Paris Possamai Universidade de Caxias do Sul
  • Airton da Silva Negrine Universidade de Caxias do Sul; Programa de Pós-Graduação - Mestrado de Turismo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1984-4867.v21i1p89-109

Keywords:

tourism, memory, tourism history, Serra Gaucha/RS/Brasil.

Abstract

The article describes what senior citizens reported as experiences of travel and leisure in their youth. The methodology used was oral history. The research was conducted in southern Brazil, currently one of the most vigorous areas of tourism in the country. But, in the first half of the twentieth century - the period remembered by the people interviewed -the region had a precarious transport structure. The theoretical reflections on memory analyze the elderly's histories in terms of the trips they made in their youth. The interviewees, Italian descendants with rural backgrounds, report that traveling occurred in their childhood, youth and adulthood. The participants evaluated the present moment as the most qualified and distinguished than the previous in terms of enjoyment of leisure and travel. The data also contributes to the construction of the history of traveling and tourism in Brazil

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Author Biographies

  • Susana de Araújo Gastal, Universidade de Caxias do Sul; Programa de Pós-Graduação
    Doutora em Comunicação Social pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUC-RS);
    Pesquisadora, Orientadora e Professora do Programa de Pós-Graduação – Mestrado de Turismo da Universidade
    de Caxias do Sul (UCS).
  • Ana Maria de Paris Possamai, Universidade de Caxias do Sul
    Mestre em Turismo pela Universidade de Caxias do Sul.
  • Airton da Silva Negrine, Universidade de Caxias do Sul; Programa de Pós-Graduação - Mestrado de Turismo
    Doutor em Filosofia e Ciências da Educação pela Universidade de Barcelona – Espanha (UB); Pesquisador,
    Orientador e Professor do Programa de Pós-Graduação – Mestrado de Turismo da Universidade de Caxias do Sul.

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Published

2010-04-01

Issue

Vol. 21 No. 1 (2010)

Section

Articles

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How to Cite

GASTAL, Susana de Araújo; POSSAMAI, Ana Maria de Paris; NEGRINE, Airton da Silva. Traveling and the memory of Senior Citizens: a study in the region of Serra Gaucha. Revista Turismo em Análise, São Paulo, Brasil, v. 21, n. 1, p. 89–109, 2010. DOI: 10.11606/issn.1984-4867.v21i1p89-109. Disponível em: https://revistas.usp.br/rta/article/view/14207.. Acesso em: 23 may. 2024.