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GOMEZ GOMEZ, MAURICIO ALEJANDRO. Pigs and Social Control of the Poor: 18^th Century Province of Antioquia. Anu. colomb. hist. soc. cult. [online]. 2016, vol.43, n.1, pp.31-59. ISSN 0120-2456.  https://doi.org/10.15446/achsc.v43n1.55063.

Governments in Antioquia during the 18th century urged the inhabitants of cities and towns to kill street pigs. This policy of violence gives us an idea of the daily confrontation between the elite and the pig farmers, who belonged to the lower class segment of the population. The government supported a model of civility based on the social control strategies promoted by the Bourbon administration. The pig farmers, mostly poor, collectively defended their business which provided them a basic income to survive on. With the frequent attacks on the street pigs and their owners, the elite class intended to prevent the poor from achieving economic independence as it was to their benefit to keep the farmers available for working as laborers in such areas as mining, agriculture and cattle-raising.

Palavras-chave : pig; social control; cattle-raising; poverty; daily life; Antioquia.

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