The dream is done by hand and without permission \"Temporary slavery\" and land reform in southeastern Pará / O sonho se faz a mão e sem permissão. \"Escravidão temporária\" e reforma agrária no sudeste do Pará\"

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IBICT - Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

04/07/2011

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This master dissertation focuses on the analysis of temporary slavery in Brazilian rural. Its a coercive and violent work relationship that victimizes the rural workers hired to temporary jobs, such as forest cutting and pasture clearing, mainly in Amazon great landed estates. The concept of temporary slavery emphasizes the core attribute of this work relationship: the period that the employer controls the life and the body of his employee, and not only his labour power, turning him into a commodity. Its important to note that slave labour nowadays has also a political meaning and quite often describes work relationships that would be better defined as overexploitation. This issue is discussed through a case study about the expropriation of Cabaceiras farm, in Marabá (Southeast of Pará state), which was occupied in 1999 by MST (landless rural workers movement). Legally speaking, it was the first time in brazilian history that a expropriation process of a farm was justified by the disrespect of its social function, as envisaged by the federal Constitution, due to the exploitation of employment in condition similar to slave labour, as defined by the Brazilian Criminal Code. The temporary slavery in Cabaceiras occurred when part of the farm was already occupied by MST. However, in this case, the truth is that the agrarian reform and the creation of settlement 26 de Março just happened because of the landless people movement efforts.

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sudeste do pará escravidão temporária marabá amazônia agrarian reform marabá reforma agrária slave labour southeast of pará temporary slavery amazon trabalho escravo

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