Afinidades eletivas
Abstract
In this article we set out to combine two approaches to reading Rachel de Queiroz's novel O Quinze. We use themes that drive our research agendas, namely migration and the environment, as a kind of “filter” through which we respond to the reading of the novel. Central to the book structure, in the scourge of drought and starvation, the nordestino is the migrant who is forced to leave the place where he lives. The outcome is an exercise to put in perspective literature and sociology in order to highlight the common ground on which both prescribe everyday life.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Migration
Racism
and Human Rights
Urban and sociocultural dynamics
Sociology and Education in Brazil
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Ruris
- Publisher
- Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas - UNICAMP
- Volume
- 16
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 18–45
- Publication date
- 17 April 2026