Dissertação

Farinha de "pau" e de "guerra": os usos da farinha de mandioca no extremo Norte (1722-1759)

This dissertation analyzes the uses of cassava flour in the State of Maranhão and Grão-Pará in period 1722-1759, highlighting the flour as the staple food of indigenous peoples, full of cultural and symbolic aspects. Also examines how this food has acquired particular importance among the Portuguese...

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Autor principal: CRUZ, Roberto Borges da
Grau: Dissertação
Idioma: por
Publicado em: Universidade Federal do Pará 2014
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Acesso em linha: http://repositorio.ufpa.br/jspui/handle/2011/4579
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This dissertation analyzes the uses of cassava flour in the State of Maranhão and Grão-Pará in period 1722-1759, highlighting the flour as the staple food of indigenous peoples, full of cultural and symbolic aspects. Also examines how this food has acquired particular importance among the Portuguese colonizers, becoming a key element in the process of colonization of the Portuguese Crown in the far north, focusing on relevant aspects of circulation and marketing of flour and the role of labor Indian in the spheres of production, circulation and of this kind.