摘要：This text delas with the change carried by the man of the Brazilian hinterland, specially of agriculture, for a new occupation, the embroidering. This occupation is socially defined, even in the present time, as a place dominated by the female gender. The study deals with the phenomenon that involves a reflection about gender relations, work and identity. The scene of this transition takes place in the hinterland of northeastern Brazil, a place with predominantly patriarchal historical antecedents and little social mobility for those that live there. The study was based on a qualitative methodological approach, priorizing ethnography and phenomenology. The results reveal the adaptability motivated by survival, beyond the tolerance and little resistance to the models that present as alternative source of work in the backwoods.
