Cowboys and farmers in the region of Geremoabo-Bahia in the late nineteenth century: work, domination and resistance
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https://doi.org/10.5007/1984-9222.2012v4n8p161Keywords:
Cattle breeding-Brazil, Working relationship, Political cultureAbstract
This article focuses on working relationship between landowners and highly-skilled cowmen (vaqueiros) in northeastern Bahia (Geremoabo) through trial records concerning the stealing of animals during the last two decades of the nineteenth century. Beside the fact this prosecutions are a strong documentation of our protagonist’s life, they contain themes of special interest as well, such as power understanding, possession and property. These prosecutions disclose other points commonly attributed to the cowboys and reinforced in the sociology and literature: loyalty, diligence, word honor, freedom, and autonomy. By this ways we can knowledge how this values were used such as domination mechanisms by the farmers, such as resistance strategies wisely used by the subordinates.
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