Momentos liminares: um estudo sobre a (re)construção das identidades dos imigrantes oriundos dos Grandes Lagos no bairro Zona verde

Abstract

The present study analyzes the process of (re) construction of the identities of immigrants from of the Great Lakes in the Zona Verde neighborhood, the same was done based on the approach qualitative approach to capture life experiences from the abandonment of their areas of origin to to your establishment in the neighborhood. Overall, the study sought to understand how immigrants from the Great Lakes reconstruct their identity in moments of extensive liminality in the Zona Verde neighborhood, and specifically, it sought to identify the strategies adopted by immigrants in the (re) construction their identity and finally the relationships established between them and the local community in the neighborhood. The results of the study reveal that immigrants reconstruct their identity through interaction that they establish between themselves and with the natives through the sharing of images, representations combined with the spirit of inter-help and reciprocity. They also reveal that they found in the trade of basic necessities and in the children's education, a way of identifying and living differently than they had in their zones of origin.