Interações sociais e o estigma: um estudo das relações sociais entre os calon do Bairro Madre Paulina e os Gadjés Em Estreito - MA.

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the symbolic social interactions between Gypsies and non- Gypsies in the city of Estreito, Maranhão state, specifically in the Madre Paulina neighborhood,

commonly known as the "Gypsy sector". Narrow because it is a young municipality, it is constantly expanding economically and territorially as well as constantly organizing a cultural identity, or a multi-ethnic and multi-cultural society; Therefore, an in-depth study is needed on the cultures and peoples that make up the social structure of the Straits - above all, the Roma people and the way in which they interact with other peoples. and because these interactions take place in consideration of the social stigma that the Calons carry, and in the same way seek to understand the meaning behind the mechanisms these peoples use in an attempt to escape this stigma attached to all Roma ethnicities. To this end, we promote research from the interdisciplinary perspective between Anthropology and Urban Sociology, as we consider areas of knowledge fundamental to understand all the phenomena involved in the subject. Initially, it is assumed that Madre Paulina's Calons, even interacting with the dominant culture, remain stigmatized and stereotyped, and that relations with gadjés (non-Gypsies) are strengthened through exogamous marriages and eco-practices. which are supposed to be mechanisms for breaking the stigma. For theoretical grounding, we will resort to the theories of authors who are from or transited in the areas of anthropology and sociology, and finally we use as bibliographic surveys methodology, linking to ethnography and participant observation, thus configuring in a qualitative research. From now on, it is intended and concluded that the research will bring satisfactory results that inspire and contribute to other researches of similar themes and objectives.