INVISIBLE CATTLE: THE IMAGINARY OF PEASANT IN THE BIG CITY / BOIADAS INVISÍVEIS: O IMAGINÁRIO DO CAIPIRA NA CIDADE GRANDE

Resumo

Based on suggestions given by the Invisible Cities from Ítalo Calvino, about the different ways of seeing and perceiving the city, this paper develops a reflection about the peasant from São Paulo state in front of the Brazilian rural exodus of mid-twentieth century. This reflection is based on the analysis of the lyrics of moda-de-viola (an important genre that compound the música caipira) as a counterpoint to some sociological analyze about the subject.