Rural space as welcome space of marginal urbanity. A social view of rur-urban in the Brasilian context.

摘要

This paper analyses the processes and social dynamics that brought about the establishment of the rural settlement called Pirituba in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The focus is on transformation processes of rural space, on social relationships, and on strategies and actions for the economic and social maintenance of the community. The MST (Landless Workers' Movement) has a central role in settlement life: it attends to community organization, agricultural production, and political mobilization..