Um estudo sobre o campesinato na Serra da Mandioca, Palmeira dos índios - AL

Abstract

The Brazilian peasantry associated with the study of a community in Serra da Mandioca, located in Palmeira dos Índios-AL, is the focus of the study of this work that aimed to analyze the relations between the territory and the peasant territoriality, as well as the relations among the peasant subjects residing in the locality. Also, this research sought reflection on the working conditions of the peasant in Serra da Mandioca, that is, the working land, as opposed to the business land defended by José de Souza Martins. Thus, this work used the knowledge derived from studies of the relationship between the peasant and the peasantry, as well as the definitions of peasant and the discussions about the capitalist mode of production of Ariovaldo Umbelino de Oliveira. The works of these authors were used to support the analysis and description of the information found during the research. This in turn revealed that the peasant present in the Serra da Mandioca struggles for the perpetuation of his way of life, the peasantry. In the research results we find the information that indicates that the peasant reproduction is influenced by the capitalist mode of production, because the residents make use of products monopolized by the capitalist companies, such as pesticides. However, the roots of the peasantry are rooted in the Serra da Mandioca and resist the current times, as residents persist in continuing their way of life to reproduce the peasantry, as this is understood as the means they have for living, Not just survive. Thus, the conclusion points to the contradictory and challenging reproduction of the peasant way of life in the Serra da Mandioca.