Tradition Matters
Modern Gaacho Identity in Brazil
By Ruben Oliven; Carmen C. Tesser (Translator)
(Columbia University Press, Paperback, 9780231104258, 160pp.)
Publication Date: October 1996
Categories: Anthropology - Cultural, Latin America - General
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Description
Chronicles the complexities of Gazcho identity in Brazil's collective memory, from vagabond and cattle thief to independent cowboy. Oliven discusses the development of the Gazcho, the tactics used to exclude certain groups, and the areas where the meaning of Gazcho identity is contested.
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