Juventudes e quadrilha junina : estilos de vida e sociabilidades no cenário do consumo cultural em Sergipe

Abstract

This work is a study about the youth and the June square-dance of Aracaju, in Sergipe, and it aims to understand how the social construction of the idea of youth in the cultural event of the square-dance is built, through the analyses of identity processes, of lifestyles, of sociabilities among the members of the June square-dance in a context of cultural consumption. Within such context, it is necessary to analyze, by means of interviews, questionnaire and direct observation, the identity processes, how people consume and produce the local culture, how they give meaning to their expressiveness and sociability. It is also intended to check if the generational issue has importance in this social construction and to identify how gender issue and its relation to the notion of youth and its own generation are treated. And, as a result, knowing the universe of the square-dance members and their motivations to organize and participate in competitions of the June square-dance in Aracaju, Sergipe.