Portland State University PDXScholar Dissertations and Theses Dissertations and Theses 1972 Continuity of a traditional social pattern: the "man- patron" relationship in contemporary northeast Brazil Patricia Ellen Thorpe Portland State University Follow this and additional works at: https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds Part of the Family, Life Course, and Society Commons, Nature and Society Relations Commons, and the Social and Cultural Anthropology Commons Let us know how access to this document benefits ou.y Recommended Citation Thorpe, Patricia Ellen, "Continuity of a traditional social pattern: the "man-patron" relationship in contemporary northeast Brazil" (1972). Dissertations and Theses. Paper 958. https://doi.org/10.15760/etd.958 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access. It has been accepted for inclusion in Dissertations and Theses by an authorized administrator of PDXScholar. Please contact us if we can make this document more accessible:
[email protected]. AN A3ST?~CT OF THE THESIS OF Patricia Ellen Thorpe for the Master of Arts in Anthropology presented October 24, 1972. Title: Continuity of A Traditional Social Pattern: The "Man-Patronlt Relationship in Contemporary Northeast Brazil .. APPROVED BY MEMBERS OF THE THESIS COMMITTEE: zr~COb Fried, Chairman Daniel/Scheans Tom Ne\-nnan Northeast Brazil is a region characterized by economic poverty and human misery. Poor ecological conditions con tribute to the nature of the dilemma, but another factor in the apparent cultural stagnation of the Northeast, may be the persistence of values and social practices traditiona.lly alig!1ed with the colonial sugar plantation system. Thus, this thesis represents e~ examination of the continuity of a given pattern, the man/patron relationship.