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      Cerdos y control social de pobres en la provincia de Antioquia, siglo XVIII Translated title: Porcos e controle social de pobres na província de Antioquia, século XVIII Translated title: Pigs and Social Control of the Poor: 18th Century Province of Antioquia

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          Los cabildos de Antioquia, durante el siglo XVIII, instaban a los habitantes de ciudades y villas a matar los cerdos callejeros. Este rasgo de violencia permite acercarse a la confrontación cotidiana entre la élite y los criadores de cerdos, un grupo social bajo. Los cabildos defendían un modelo de civilidad basado en estrategias de control social impulsadas por la administración borbónica. Los criadores de puercos, pobres en su mayoría, actuaban como colectivo defendiendo esta actividad, de donde obtenían unos pesos para subsistir. Con el frecuente ataque a los cerdos urbanos, y a sus dueños, la élite quiso impedir que ese sector de pobres adquiriera independencia económica, pues convenía sujetarlos, ocupando su mano de obra en labores mineras, agrícolas y ganaderas.

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          Os conselhos de Antioquia (Colômbia), durante o século XVIII, instavam aos habitantes de cidades e vilas a matarem os porcos da rua. Essa característica de violência permite aproximar-se da confrontação cotidiana entre a elite e os criadores de porcos, um grupo social de classe baixa. Os conselhos defendiam um modelo de civilidade baseado em estratégias de controle social impulsionadas pela administração bourbônica. Os criadores de porcos, pobres em sua maioria, atuavam como coletivo defendendo essa atividade, de onde obtinham alguns centavos para subsistir. Com o frequente ataque aos porcos urbanos, e a seus donos, a elite quis impedir que esse setor de pobres adquirisse independência econômica, pois convinha sujeitá-los ocupando sua mão de obra em trabalhos agrícolas, pecuários e em mineradoras.

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          Governments in Antioquia during the 18th century urged the inhabitants of cities and towns to kill street pigs. This policy of violence gives us an idea of the daily confrontation between the elite and the pig farmers, who belonged to the lower class segment of the population. The government supported a model of civility based on the social control strategies promoted by the Bourbon administration. The pig farmers, mostly poor, collectively defended their business which provided them a basic income to survive on. With the frequent attacks on the street pigs and their owners, the elite class intended to prevent the poor from achieving economic independence as it was to their benefit to keep the farmers available for working as laborers in such areas as mining, agriculture and cattle-raising.

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                achsc
                Anuario Colombiano de Historia Social y de la Cultura
                Anu. colomb. hist. soc. cult.
                Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Facultad de Ciencias Humanas, Departamento de Historia.
                0120-2456
                January 2016
                : 43
                : 1
                : 31-59
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                [1 ] Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Chile
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                S0120-24562016000100002
                10.15446/achsc.v43n1.55063
                7ae7efc9-c73e-41be-9862-6b53c97d9bf7

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                porco,controle social,pecuária,pobreza,vida cotidiana,Antioquia,cerdo,control social,ganadería,pig,social control,cattle-raising,poverty,daily life

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