Tradition Matters

Modern Ga?cho Identity in Brazil

By Ruben Oliven; Carmen C. Tesser (Translator)
(Columbia University Press, Paperback, 9780231104258, 160pp.)

Publication Date: August 1996

Categories: Latin America - General, Anthropology - Cultural

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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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