A renda renascença na Paraíba: enredos de cultura, moda e desenvolvimento

Abstract

The aim of the present study is to analyze the new socio-cultural dynamics of renaissance lace activity in cariri region of Paraiba State, engendered from the creation of public policies related to the activity mentioned in its interface with the development of the mentioned State, focusing on the performance of public and private agents through an approach of the history of the economic activity of Renaissance lace in the region mentioned. We studied its transformations over time, taking as a theoretical perspective the contribution of Canclini (2008) on sociocultural hybridization processes. The methodology used consisted of two main procedures, namely: (1) the study of the history of Renaissance income production in Paraíba cariri; and (2) interviews with an intentional sample stratified by the position of the actors in the Renaissance income production and marketing system, constituted through accessibility and willingness to participate in the research - lace makers and stylists. Among the main conclusions of the work we highlight the following: (1) the Cariri Region of Paraiba State‟s lacemakers experience increasing pressure from market demands on the dynamics of their productive activity; (2) the insertion of state actors, para-state, stylists in the renaissance income productive field has caused and continues to provoke changes in the activities of the lacemakers, in the ways of meaning and experience, which has contributed to their differentiation from productions from other regions of Brazil; and (3) The Paraíba Cariri's Geographic Identification of Renaissance Lace had much less leverage power to improve the lacemaker's quality of life than expected.