Resumo

PAZ, Magali Luciana. Multidimensional peasant economy: repertoire of activities and tension. Trab. soc. [online]. 2019, n.32, pp.177-201. ISSN 1514-6871.

The economy of rural population in Cruz del Eje Department, northwest of Córdoba state (Argentina) isbasedon a delicate balance where instability is constant situation. These groups need a defensive mechanism: household unit, which efficiently fulfills the task of preserving socio-cultural bonds in sometimes critical conditions. The goal of this article is to analyze which are the economic strategies that these domestic units develop and that allow them to guarantee its members daily survival. This subject acquires greater interest in a moment in which the area, of ancient colonial settlement and peasant tradition, has been suffering from the first decades of the twentieth century the destruction of its self-sufficiency, a characteristic that it had maintained over time, due to the increasing influxes of agrarian capitalism in the región.

Palavras-chave : Peasant Household Units; economic strategies; activities’s calendar; commercial engagement; conflict situations.

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