Beiradeiros do rio São Francisco: estudo sobre o processo de reprodução da unidade de produção familiar num espaço socioeconômico reconstruído pela intervenção estatal.

Abstract

The objective of this research is to study the specificities of life, production and reproduction of the Beiradeiro of the São Francisco river, in two communities of the municipality of Xique-Xique in the State of Bahia, in the face of State action, destruction, restructuring and restructuring of the conditions of production, in implementation of development policies. The research shows that in this process of changes occurred, the Beiradeiro seeks strategies for survival as a fisherman, farmer and salaried worker so as not to be completely subjugated by capital and to maintain its relative autonomy as a direct producer, redefining itself in its social category, where integration of these activities and that assures them the replacement of the means of production and the workforce.