O discurso oculto dos retirantes das secas

Abstract

This article examines some possibilities for understanding the actions of poor farmers in northeast Brazil, during droughts, from the concept of hidden transcripts, central in the work of James C. Scott. Thus, three scenarios are privileged: the relationship with the Emperor D. Pedro II, in the final years of the Empire; the discourse of leadership and relations between peasants and urban workers; and the observation of an overall project of an ideal society that guides the actions of the migrant peasants.