Olhares sobre o cangaço (1930-1990)

Abstract

In this study analysis of publications about cangaço and the phenomenon of northeastern banditry was made, taking into account the role of cangaço and the relationships of dialogues, controls and tensions raised by authors who dedicated themselves to the study of the theme in the period from 1930 to 1980. At the beginning of the Estado Novo, while the ideals that inspired the reformists was to transform Brazil into a progressive, modern and unitary society, the hinterland was left to shells of political chiefs and cangaceiros who represented a danger to the project of a nation that came into force when Getulio Vargas was in power. In the twentieth century, the authors, mostly from the Northeast region, more concentrated in the states of: Ceará, Sergipe and Pernambuco, dedicate themselves to examining the different policies, using sources that go through decades demonstrating the power and alliances in the games of interests between the Government and “cangaceiros”, with Lamp being the leader of the gang. It is interesting to note that the repercussion on Cangaço has been discussed intensely by historians and although Lamp' s group has been defeated by the authorities and the remainder have been fragmented by different regions of Brazil, the figure and greatness of the man we expand the analysis to the phenomenon of social banditry and its dynamics.