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Sociology and Anthropology Vol. 5(7), pp. 511 - 517
DOI: 10.13189/sa.2017.050702
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Cattlemen's Choice of Status in the Northern Pantanal of Brazil as a Social Process of Cultural Transmission
Andr茅 L. Ribeiro Lacerda *
Department of Sociology and Political Science, Federal University of Mato Grosso, Brazil
ABSTRACT
This study aims to present the changes identified within the structure of the status of Pantanal cattlemen in Pocon茅 - MT which help us understand why the young generation of Pantanal cattlemen see cattle breeding in the Pantanal as a complementary economic activity and why most of their offspring are not interested in it. The work defends the general hypothesis that the Pantanal cattleman's choice of status used to be influenced by his family along paths suggested by the cultural transmission theory in agreement with the mechanism of direct vertical socialization, although this has been changing because: (h1) changes in the social structure drawn from the status of Pantanal cattlemen (status set) do not favor investing in the occupational status of Pantanal cattlemen; (2) those who choose the social role of a Pantanal cattleman do so considering it a secondary, complementary economic activity and which minimizes conflicts with the role of their main occupational status. Data collected from cattlemen in 2015 (n=29) sustain the two hypotheses.
KEYWORDS
Cultural Transmission, Pantanal Cattlemen, Status, Family
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[1] Andr茅 L. Ribeiro Lacerda , "Cattlemen's Choice of Status in the Northern Pantanal of Brazil as a Social Process of Cultural Transmission," Sociology and Anthropology, Vol. 5, No. 7, pp. 511 - 517, 2017. DOI: 10.13189/sa.2017.050702.
(b). APA Format:
Andr茅 L. Ribeiro Lacerda (2017). Cattlemen's Choice of Status in the Northern Pantanal of Brazil as a Social Process of Cultural Transmission. Sociology and Anthropology, 5(7), 511 - 517. DOI: 10.13189/sa.2017.050702.