Memórias da Ditadura Empresarial-Militar na Baixada Fluminense: a Fábrica da Estrela e o distrito de Vila Inhomirim

Abstract

The objective of this work is to analyze the memory of workers and residents around the Fábrica da Estrela, in the city of Magé, in Fluminense, during the business-military dictatorship, considering the living conditions and access to basic services, such as health, education and housing. There was a discussion about the concept of Baixada Fluminense and its analytical consequences for understanding the political, economic and social context of the region during the dictatorship. Through the analysis of interviews carried out with former residents and workers linked to Fábrica da Estrela, linked to the Army, the emergence of positive memories of the period was discussed. Memory was understood as a socially constructed representation of the past, being a source that allows analyzing the effectiveness and limits of the instruments of social control used by the regime. The period in which Brazil was governed by the military is remembered in ways that ranged from indifference to praise, demonstrating the advances and limits of the hegemonic process.