This work aims to establish an incursion in the field of rural sociology. Thereby, this study
used the theoretical contributions that are based on the discussions about new ruralities,
understood as social representations which would have as the primary issue, according to
Carneiro (2008) the role of identifying the place and the meaning these rural categories and
urban fill in social relations. From this perspective, the research was conducted in the Ilha de
Santana district, located on the right bank of the Amazon River, outside the headquarters of
Santana. The study is qualitative, consisting of bibliographic study about the locality and field
, as well as participative observation, by lifting socioeconomics data through forms and directed
interviews with the locals. Thus was adopted, for the purpose of this work, the method of
analyzing the relationship between urban and rural, in this location, such as simultaneous
relations, assessing the changes that are expressed in their social and cultural environments.
Thus, characteristics of ruralities were found in Ilha de Santana expressed in the point of view
of social actors by attributing to the location meanings, and uses of the rural and urban,
highlighting the peculiarities of the place, their way of life and their bonds.
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