CHILDREN FROM THE BACKLANDS: LIFE STYLES. AN ETHNOGRAPHIC STUDY ON FAMILIES FROM SANTA CRUZ DO BANABUIÚ - STATE OF CEARÁ

Authors

  • Francileide Santana da Silva
  • Maria Raquel de Carvalho Azevedo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7322/jhgd.39666

Keywords:

family from the Brazilian semi-arid region, cultural practices, way of living.

Abstract

This ethnographic study integrares the first stage of lhe project Lugar de Criança (Child’s Place). It aimed at investigating Lhe way of living, lhe family organisation, and lhe cultural practices related to lhe care that is given to children between zero and seven years of age and their families, ali of them living in lhe
Brazilian semi-arid region. Initially, lhe project team visited 81 families living in the urban and rural zones of the district of Santa Cruz do Banabuiú, municipality of Pedra Branca. In a second stage, 24 of these families were visited again, interviewed and observed, using the methodology of participating observation and field diary, centred on the family scope. The interviews were carried out with the mothers, and the family observations followed a semi-structured script. The authors perceived a relationship between the family practices and the drought environment, revealed in the careful practices of feeding and hygiene, in the architecture of the houses and in the discourse of popular religiosity. Faced with lack of water, low
agricultural production, highly rotating jobs and health issues, the families create their own strategies to live in that environment, and the child must help the family.

Author Biographies

  • Francileide Santana da Silva
    Cientista Social/UFC, pesquisadora da Escola de Saúde Pública do Ceará - ESP/CE e consultora da Federação de
    Bairros e Favelas de Fortaleza - FBFF
  • Maria Raquel de Carvalho Azevedo
    Mestrado no Depto. de Sociologia/UFC, Coordenadora do Projeto Lugar de Criança e pesquisadora da Escola de
    Saúde Pública - ESP/CE

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Published

2001-06-19

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 1 (2001)

Section

Experience Reports

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