A expansão das atividades de confecção em áreas rurais no município de Santa Cruz do Capibaribe, PE. – O caso da vila Magana

Abstract

This work aims to analyze the impact of clothing manufacturing to the city of Santa Cruz do Capibaribe the rural area of the city, more specifically the community of Magana. In this area, it is possible to clearly observe the effects of so-called rurban and the consequences of the pluriactivity. These two points are the basis of the study of the so-called New Brazilian Rural that, together with the concepts and aspects of the rural and urban, from the theoretical background. Our object of study is located in the rural (Agreste) of Pernambuco that is the focus of many studies, precisely because of its natural barrier mainly to the development of agricultural activities that becomes an importat factor in the development of the pluriactivity. The methodology was based on a case study in which the unit of analysis is some families in the community. Our collection of data was divided into two steps and data analysis was done with the help of a spreadsheet for analyzing both qualitative and quantitative data. We observe the effects of so-called rurban and pluriactivity. The methodology was predominantly qualitative; it was based on a case study with eleven families from the village. We asserted that the clothing manufacturing was motivated by financial reasons and that the agropecuary was inducted by leisure and cultural aspects. We conclude that the pluriactivity brought benefits to the local community like: encouragemnt to children education (not exclusively); changes in the families financial obligations, which is now shared with the housewife; in general terms, it resulted in an increase in the total income of the families that we interviewed; it provided access to consumer goods which were previously inaccessible to these families; a certain degree of rurbanization in the area.