Um culto gaúcho: a lenda do Negrinho do Pastoreio da literatura a internet

Abstract

This research aims to outline the reasons why the myth of the gaucho was formed and continues today, especially in the virtual field from literature and history, bringing part of its base the work of Simões Lopes Neto, which can be observed through rituals, performances and representations contained and offered in digital videos on the Internet. In parallel, the study continues in an attempt to understand the reasons why these people, born or identified with the peculiarities of Rio Grande do Sul to stay alive, from the rallies, demonstrations and settings from your everyday what the weather was aimed on the way culture in the legend, and through such expressions, developed all the representation of this tradition. So try to understand this trajectory of the identity of the gaucho in the twenty-first century, it is of utmost deference to deal with concepts such as identity, representation, culture, tradition, imagination, history, literature and internet