Abstract:
Two mediating agents in the struggle for land during the democratization of Brazilian society stand out as particularly relevant: the Pastoral Land Commission (CPT) and the Landless Rural Workers’ Movement (MST). This article discusses the actions taken by the MST, dialoguing with a Social Constructionist view, aiming to recognize how the discursive practices presented were converted into social practices that generated meanings among the workers in general and rural workers in particular. These reflections suggest that the MST invested in the unified identity of its social base, producing the Landless subject as a discursive figure, and advancing politically as a noteworthy social movement in the process of democratization.
Keywords:
Social Constructionism; Discursive Practices; Landless Rural Worker's Movement
