RESUMO
"This paper discusses the range and limits of some concepts of the family, related to theoretical perspectives and to possibilities of an empirical approach to this social group. It argues that in recent studies of the family one can find the symbolic outlook of anthropology on the one hand, which deepens the analysis of dynamics of family relationships, but is limited to strict segments of society. On the other hand, one can find demography and sociology surveys, capable of framing broad portraits which, although liable to generalization, are static and limited to family relations within the household. As an example of possible methodology, the paper describes the proceedings and results of [a study on] family structure and daily life in the city of Sao Paulo [Brazil], in which the author assembles some of the commented approaches, trying to overcome their limitations." (SUMMARY IN ENG)
Assuntos
Características da Família , Relações Familiares , Pesquisa , América , Brasil , Países em Desenvolvimento , Família , América Latina , América do SulRESUMO
"This work studies the importance of family [relationships] among slaves in Bananal (Sao Paulo, Brazil) in the early nineteenth century. Additionally, it examines the effects on the slave family of the introduction and growth of [the] coffee plantation occurring in that region....[It is concluded] that the slave family in Bananal had a cyclical evolution, according to the genesis and development of [the] coffee plantation. Manuscript censuses, especially for the years 1801, 1817 and 1829, are the primary sources on which the analysis is based." (SUMMARY IN ENG)