Grapes, wine and cultural identity at Serra Gaúcha (RS, Brazil)

Autor: Joice Lavandoski, Hernanda Tonini, Margarita Barretto
Jazyk: English<br />Spanish; Castilian<br />Portuguese
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: Revista Brasileira de Pesquisa em Turismo, Vol 6, Iss 2, Pp 216-232 (2012)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1982-6125
DOI: 10.7784/rbtur.v6i2.529
Popis: The article aims to understand the relevance of wine production at Serra Gaúcha region (Rio Grande State, Brazil) and unveil the role played by grapes and wine for XIXth century Italian migrants as for their contemporary descendents. A research was conducted at Vale dos Vinhedos (Vineyards Valley),(RS, Brazil), where a strong relation between wine and tourism exists. Bibliographical research, oral history and semi- structured interviews permitted the construction of a collective subject discourse. As a result it was revealed that wine production was important at first for subsistence and also a way to promote economic growth; at present, grapes and wine are cultural identity markers with which community members present themselves to tourist and visitors. It is a case study without intention of generalizing for other wine regions in Brazil and brings a new approach to tourism and heritage relations.
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