Abstract

This work analyze the mutual interference between marriage and godparentage among members of a rural elite in the Piranga district, a place in the jurisdiction of the ‘Termo de Mariana’. It is argued that these two relational practices offer important keys to understanding social hierarchies , social and spatial mobility and social embedded. As results, it was observed that through marriages with important families, individuals from other regions aspired social and economic ascension through insertion in the main relational circles of the locality under study. Finally, have been noted significant differences in intergenerational practice of godparentage, which demonstrates the importance in analyzing this practice jointly the life cycle.

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