Os Bandidos da Terra: tramas e conflitos sociais no sertão cearense

Abstract

This study aims to carry out an analysis of social constructions orbited about the figure of the "bandit", understood here in the context sertão (country inside) of Ceará. In this sense, I try to analyze the trajectory of life, routes and itineraries of a young man who had been regionally famous during his brief, violent and intense criminal career, one of the most popular bandit in Ceará Northwest region between the years 2011 and 2012. Throughout life, Elitonio lived intensely in the sertões of Pedra and surroundings in rural municipalities of Groaíras, Cariré and Santa Quiteria. At 19 the boy decides to risk in temporary jobs in the city of Rio de Janeiro. Back in Ceará, he started to lead armed bands and was executed at age 21, on December 26, 2012, in the hinterland of the locality known as Furor, after months of intense police harassment and public discourse and effervescence. In short, approaching social and family Elitonio plots, I try to relate, conceptually, dynamic, practices and representations of other bandits and armed gangs in conflict with law enforcement authorities in that region: where new voices and unexpected speeches are captured.