(Santa) Rita de Cássia na boca do povo de Santa Cruz/RN: identidades culturais em construção
The purpose of this study is to investigate the cultural identities of Santa Rita de Cassia constructed from the representations contained in the speech of Santa Cruz urban area residents, which is located in a harsh part of the State of Rio Grande do Norte. These residents make the story of the...
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| Résumé: | The purpose of this study is to investigate the cultural identities of Santa Rita de
Cassia constructed from the representations contained in the speech of Santa Cruz urban area
residents, which is located in a harsh part of the State of Rio Grande do Norte. These residents
make the story of the Saint full of meaning for themselves, in their daily lives, as well as to
the society. This is observed in the narration of Rita de Cassia’s story which has been told in
the city over the past one hundred and eighty years, the number of women's names and
commercial establishments named “Santa Rita”. In 2010, with the inauguration of the Alto de
Santa Rita – a space for worshiping the saint –, the amount of visitors increased in the city,
due to the construction and inauguration of a colossal monument representing the image of
Rita de Cassia. Then, new social, cultural, religious and political aspects became part of the
local reality of the city of Santa Cruz, what made residents have something in common to talk
about. According to the interdisciplinary approach of Applied Linguistics, our theoretical
background is based on the socio-historical language concept, which understands language as
discursive practice. Still theoretically speaking, this study establishes an interface with
cultural studies, taking into account the concept of cultural identity in post-modernity society.
Discourse analysis proved plural, with a multiplicity of cultural identities ranging from very
obedient daughter to wife who suffered because of the husband, from very religious woman to
the widow who entered the convent, on to the Saint of the miracles and healings interceding in
the lives of the ones who seek for help. It was also observed in the above mentioned
investigative path that these identities can be constructed and reconstructed if immersed in a
different set of social practices historically determined |
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