Relatos de bebedeiras na Terra do Sol: masculinidades e socioantropologia do uso de substâncias psicoativas em comunidades rurais do sertão baiano

Abstract

This dissertation aims to discuss the rural sociocultural context of a given region, the configuration of power relations distributed in this scenario, the performative repertoires of masculinities, intergenerational differences and the interface of these dimensions with the use of psychoactive substances (COLLINS, 2002; GRUND, 1994; QUINJANO, 2005; SANTOS, 2015; VIGOYA, 2019). It is about understanding how the use of alcohol and other psychoactive substances can be related to the life dynamics of certain groups, including the way in which class relations, ―race‖, generationality and gender are constructed and are constructed related (AKOTIRENE, 2018; FANON, 1969; GONZALEZ, 2020; MACRAE, 2021; ZINBERG, 1984). The data constructed and interpreted here come from different areas of psychoactive use (horseback riding, piseiros, cockfights, walls, sambas de roda, etc.), as well as from work relationships, community relationships and the interlocutors access to social assistance devices ( ROMANÍ, 1999). The data pointed to a complex system of sociability among men from rural communities, where together they establish social rules, compete with each other for collective desires and life projects, have fun and participate in sociocultural drinking rituals. Reports of drunkenness in the land of the sun are not limited to the use of one or more substances, but in the relationship of these uses with coloniality, intersectionalized oppressions and the social reality of a field of research that is still little visible in studies, even interdisciplinary ones, and social assistance disciplines.