O exercício da masculinidade nas festas de vaquejada: um estudo cultural e ambiental das práticas de vaquejadas na cidade de Esperança, PB. (2000 – 2015).

Abstract

This research work aims to analyze the vaquejadas as a party that originated with the toil in cattle breeding and expresses an ingrained cultural representation of the backcountry, contributing to the preservation of the environment, as well as, characterizing the figure of the cowboy, in the city of Esperança, PB, leading his virility and masculinity. Thus, it covers not only for history, but, making a relationship between areas that are linked by this theme, involving with cultural and environmental history, thus showing the causes of this process, as well as its effects, whether cultural or economic benefits for the population of Paraíba. The present work intends, through an archeology of authors such as Tomas (2009), Singer (2004), Burker (2004), Chartier (1990), Barbosa (2006) and among others, accompanied by field research and interviews supported by history oral, according to Alberti (2005) and Chizotti (2001), and analysis of songs, lambs and poems, tell the vaquejada as a lucrative activity where cowboys and their habits and customs are employed in this environment.