O conceito de família nos clássicos da Sociologia Brasileira

Abstract

This theoretical research main theme is the “Brazilian family” in the essays of Oliveira Vianna, Gilberto Freyre, Sérgio Buarque de Holanda e Caio Prado Jr. Aimed here, through the chosen works, to outline the differences and similarities between the concepts of Family developed by the authors seemed as the Brazilian sociology classic ones. Searching the sociologic reasons behind these similarities and differences I highlight here the theoretical inflexions developed by these authors with the conceptualization of “family”. Furthermore, I detach through comparative boards in which measures the different theoretical perspectives and person life histories impacted their conceptions of “family”