Aspectos socioeconômicos do artesanato em comunidades rurais no Ceará - O bordado de Itapajé-CE -

Abstract

Is about the importance of the handicraft for the comunities, specially the one investigated at Itapajé-CE. The results - obtained through the comparison between the bibliography search, the study data, the registration, and the field research - show the importance of the handicraft for the domestic budget, improving the family comfort. This investigation emphasize the handicraft as a promiser acitivity, that fills the familiar agriculture budget. The results also reflect important advances in the craftswoman quality life, specially at the consumption, education, health, culture, tradition and criativity. All of this elements above mentioned are important for the human progress at Itapajé. The results indicate the handicraft activity as an important socioeconomic tool, that could be useful for relief the income concentration, the social inequality and be applied in social public politics programs.