The decline of sugar agribusiness in the Brazilian Northeast and access to the peasant condition

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https://doi.org/10.36920/esa-v30-2_st03

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sugarcane agribusiness, agrarian reform, Northeast

Abstract

This article presents theoretical and methodological considerations on research related to the social reconversion of families living on land pertaining to sugar mills residents (both agricultural workers and rural mill staff) to agrarian reform settlers. This is an ongoing work based on the empirical bankruptcy of the Santa Maria mill in the Brejo region of Paraíba, Brazil, and points to the issue of reconstructing subjective worlds imposed by new experiences through the concept of "uprooting" and how to overcome this challenge, questions that are central to the work of Pierre Bourdieu.

elocation-id: e2230208
Received: Jul.10.2022 • Accepted: Oct.19.2022 • Published: Dec.7.2022
Original article / Double-blind peer review / Open access

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Author Biography

  • Patrícia Alves Ramiro, Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB) – João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil

    Adjunct Professor at the Department of Social Sciences at the Federal University of Paraíba (UFPB). Postdoctoral fellow at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), at the Center Européen de Sociologie et de Science Politique (CESSP). PhD in Sociology from the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar). Leader of the CNPq research group “Identity and memories of the rural and urban popular classes”.
    patriciaalvesramiro@gmail.com
    https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6917-6106
    http://lattes.cnpq.br/7155476977488017

Published

2022-12-07

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Thematic Section "Uses of Pierre Bourdieu's theory and Brazilian rural studies" , organized by Arilson Favareto (UFABC) and Rodrigo Constante Martins (UFSCar)

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