A prostituição em grande projetos na Amazônia: O impacto do grande capital nos fluxos de mão de obra na UHE Belo Monte

Abstract

This article is the result of the discussions developed in the discipline Classical and Contemporary Ethnographic Perspectives of the Postgraduate Program in Languages and Knowledge in the Amazon - PPGLSA, the main objective is to present an overview of the problematic that involves the issue of prostitution attracted by the installation of the Belo Monte HPP. In additionally, the present article also brings some of the data collected in the field through interviews during the months of September 2017 to July 2018 in three brothels around the plant. One of them located in Altamira and two other ones located in two cities adjacent to the Belo Monte HPP. Finally, It is presented a brief theoretical discussion on aspects that deal with the issue of prostitution, and the working relationships of sex workers in the context of the Belo Monte HPP.