Os (as) desobedientes chamados ciganos e ciganas: as relações de poder e a marginalização social em Portugal e no Brasil

Abstract

This article deals with the itineraries of groups of gypsies that occurred in Portuguese territory from the 16th century onwards, as part of the theoretical foundation of the doctoral research in the UFSB/PPGES 2020/2024 program. It addresses insubordination to the hegemonic norms of the State and the punitive legislative measures adopted specifically against these individuals, which range from urban exclusion to banishment to Brazil. In this line, it is exposed that many gypsies had their lives narrated from their diasporic wanderings according to the concept of disobedience and counterconduct outlined from the point of view of who wrote. The theoretical discussions are based on the authors: Teixeira (1998), Foucault (1987), Fonseca (1996), Moraes Filho (1981), Coelho (1892), China (2004), Carvalho (2005), among others. In the text, there are socioeconomic descriptions experienced by gypsy groups in Brazil, with emphasis on the city of Rio de Janeiro, as it was a large port center at the time. According to Brazilian gypsy scientists and researchers, there are many mistaken ideas related to the ways of life of people of gypsy origin. It is essential to deconstruct the stereotyped vision a culture that did not surrender to the so-called civilising, homogenising and Eurocentric project.