Inequalities Journal of Critical Inequality Studies

Rivista | Inequalities
Fascicolo | The Globalisation of Social Polarisation Within Nations
Articolo | Contemporary Slavery and Inequality in Brazil

Contemporary Slavery and Inequality in Brazil

Pureza’s Complaint and Struggle

Abstract

This article briefly presents the feature film Pureza, which is based on a true story, to help analyse the contemporary forms of slavery in Brazil that reveal the permanent movements of capital expropriation, noticeable in the exploitation and oppression of a race-based labour force characterized by patriarchy, that migrates in order to survive. In this sense, we examine regional inequalities, social polarization and the particular aspects of the Brazilian social formation for the discussion of contemporary slavery, which is seen as the most visible expression of superexploitation, as well as the result of the reinvention of hybrid forms of exploitation of the labour force.


Open access | Peer reviewed

Presentato: 12 Gennaio 2024 | Accettato: 26 Febbraio 2024 | Pubblicato 20 Maggio 2024 | Lingua: en

Keywords OppressionSuperexploitationSlaveryExpropriationsDependent capitalism


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