Abstract
As the historical text by João Cabral de Melo Neto, even today many severinos - husbands, fathers, sons and brothers - leave the Northeast, motivated by dreams of thriving in toil and find a meaning for their existence, fleeing from a place that feels like death and going in search of another life. This work aims to discuss the meetings of inhabitants of a village in the semi-arid region of Sergipe state with news and vicissitudes that the work of these men gives them and the changes it produces in the life of the place and people. To this end, narrative fragments are presented that demonstrate some aspects of the daily life and socio-historical processes of the village and the people who live or lived there. In addition, and especially highlights the importance of women, severinas, who in their powerful ability to reinvent their lives in the midst of adversity that migration establishes, it also benefits by extending its network of sociability.
Keywords:
migration; Brazilian Northeast; severe life