Pernambuco forjado no açúcar: marcas e desdobramentos dos processos históricos, socioeconômicos e culturais da civilização do açúcar nas relações de trabalho e qualidade de vida dos trabalhadores do corte da cana

Abstract

The so-called "sugar civilization" installed with the monoculture of sugarcane, mills and the entire complex destined to the processing of sugarcane during colonial Brazil, left deep marks on the socioeconomic and cultural fabric of Brazil, especially in the states and municipalities from northeast. Even today it is possible to identify the marks that this exploratory process in the labor relations and quality of life of rural workers rooted in the oppression and exploitation of labor. And being the cradle of Portuguese colonization and an exponent of the sugar agro-export center for a long historical period, Pernambuco, more specifically, the forest zone or the sugarcane zone, aroused the reason for this work, which has the general objective of carrying out a survey bibliographic of studies, researches and other forms of production of knowledge about the sugar civilization in the historical, socioeconomic and cultural processes, as well as its marks and consequences in the work relations and quality of life of workers in the sugarcane cut in the Pernambuco forest zone. For the study of literature review, at a time of restriction to public libraries due to the covid-19 pandemic, the resource of online research was used in platforms that offer virtual libraries with free access, being a determining factor for conducting the research. The study allowed us to observe that the sugar civilization left its marks and its consequences directly impact the work relationships and quality of life of rural workers in the sugarcane cut, related to land inequality, devastation of the Atlantic forest, poor remuneration, exploitation of labor, food insecurity, child labor, sexual division of labor and racial oppression.