Made available in DSpace on 2015-04-14T13:47:44Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 441310.pdf: 5562413 bytes, checksum: 66201a79836026af699ef0588b66c15d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-08-17 / The objective of this research is to understand the consumption of fine earthenware European on the western border of Rio Grande do Sul, from the end of the nineteenth century until the second decade of the twentieth century considering the values approach and meanings that these products had integrated to its materiality. The ceramic products studied did not have only one functional trend and were not empty of meanings. In this dissertation, the ceramic products are regarded as symbols that carry a social definition being able to express the values and identities of fashion. The consumption of fine faience in Uruguaiana in this period includes port movement, trade and smuggling that involves the social imaginary of Brazil's border with Argentina and Uruguay, in addition, the region is experiencing a moment of political, social and economic development. Thereby, we attempted to relate to the study of material culture analysis of documents, photographs and advertisements in local newspapers belonging to the historical period researched. Thus, it was possible to establish a deep interdisciplinary relationship, analyzing the archaeological, ethnological, historical sources and understanding through them, of the habits and the symbolic representations of society in Uruguaiana. / O objetivo desta pesquisa ? entender o consumo da faian?a fina europeia na fronteira oeste do Rio Grande do Sul, a partir do final do s?culo XIX at? a segunda d?cada do s?culo XX considerando a abordagem dos valores e significados que estes produtos carregavam integrados ? sua materialidade. Os produtos de cer?mica estudados n?o possu?am somente uma tend?ncia funcional e n?o eram vazios de significados. Nesta disserta??o, os produtos de cer?mica s?o entendidos como signos que carregam uma defini??o social sendo capazes de expressar identidades e valores da moda. O consumo da faian?a fina em Uruguaiana neste per?odo inclui-se ao movimento portu?rio, ao com?rcio e ao contrabando que envolve o pr?prio imagin?rio social da fronteira do Brasil com a Argentina e Uruguai, al?m disso, a regi?o atravessa um instante de desenvolvimento pol?tico, social e econ?mico. Desse modo, buscou-se relacionar ao estudo da cultura material a an?lise de documentos, fotografias e an?ncios nos jornais locais pertencentes ao per?odo hist?rico pesquisado. Assim, foi poss?vel estabelecer uma profunda rela??o interdisciplinar, analisando as fontes arqueol?gicas, etnol?gicas, hist?ricas e compreendendo atrav?s delas, os h?bitos e as representa??es simb?licas da sociedade em Uruguaiana.