Trivialização do trágico – um lugar chamado sossego

Abstract

This paper discuss the third chapter of the author's doctoral thesis, titled "Dynamics, structure and familiar values: opposition and completeness between feminine and masculine." This chapter was dedicated to a detailed description of the field in which the research was conducted. It describes, beyond the curiosity, the emotions and sentiments that the "quietness community" (comunidade do sossego) has caused in the author. It express the sociographic style of describing the reality which allows for answering questions related to how the subjects live their lives; what meaning they attribute to their difficulties; how do they deal with their problems, andfinally, how they get ready to resist to their daily conflicts.