This dissertation is a case study on the reproduction of the beiradeiro (riverine) way of life
in the middle Xingu river region. The study analyzes three aspects of the way of life that
produced this place, from its origin to the present day. The former Belo Horizonte seringal
(rubber state), more than 300km distant from Altamira's town, in the state of Pará, was
inhabited by non-indigenous migrants since the last years of the 19th century. Today, in this
same space, there are riverine families living in the Bela Vista community, which since
2008 has been part of the Rio Xingu Extractive Reserve. The study shows how beiradeiro’s
way of life has been reproduced in this place, the dynamics of the use of space, the work
involved in the support of families and the social relations existing in the place,
comparatively in the “time of the seringais” and in the “community time”.
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