A moderna tradição gaúcha : um estudo sociológico sobre o tradicionalismo gaúcho

Abstract

This research aims to analyze the social logics that operate in the functioning and performance of 'Traditionalism Gaucho' in Rio Grande do Sul and that can explain, with more or less consistency, significant projection that he acquired in this state even putting up as movement called "traditionalist" in the XXI century. We believe its projection can be explained, at least reasonably, from two different angles of analysis, namely, first, by investigating those properties or characteristics assumed by movement so it could be spread throughout the Rio Grande South (say acquire large membership) even under the condition of enormous ethnic and cultural diversity that the state has gaucho, and second, by investigating those properties that explain the temporal continuity that the Movement has shown, extending to the nowadays, while there were significant contextual changes of economic and social order since its founding until the present time. From these two dimensions we believe we can cover reasonable sociological properties of performance and functioning of traditionalism that explain the considerable projection that he acquired in Rio Grande do Sul.