Submitted by Automa??o e Estat?stica (sst@bczm.ufrn.br) on 2015-12-14T21:22:37Z No. of bitstreams: 1 MagdaRenataMarquesDiniz_DISSERT.pdf: 5222459 bytes, checksum: 20487c91f67fc54e9a62ad3e1d06396d (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Arlan Eloi Leite Silva (eloihistoriador@yahoo.com.br) on 2015-12-15T21:10:02Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 MagdaRenataMarquesDiniz_DISSERT.pdf: 5222459 bytes, checksum: 20487c91f67fc54e9a62ad3e1d06396d (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2015-12-15T21:10:02Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 MagdaRenataMarquesDiniz_DISSERT.pdf: 5222459 bytes, checksum: 20487c91f67fc54e9a62ad3e1d06396d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-08-30 / Objetiva investigar as identidades culturais de Santa Rita de C?ssia constru?das a partir das representa??es contidas no discurso dos moradores da ?rea urbana do munic?pio de Santa Cruz, localizado na Mesorregi?o Agreste do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte. Esses moradores tornam a hist?ria da Santa plena de significa??o tanto para eles mesmos, em suas vidas diariamente, quanto para a sociedade. Isso ? percebido pela narra??o da hist?ria da vida de Rita de C?ssia que ? contada h? mais de cento e oitenta anos na cidade, aliada ? quantidade de nomes de mulheres e de estabelecimentos comerciais de nome fantasia com o qualificador ?Santa Rita?. No ano de 2010, com a inaugura??o do Alto de Santa Rita - um espa?o destinado ao culto ritiano -, cresceu a quantidade de visitantes nesse munic?pio, em virtude da constru??o e inaugura??o de um monumento colossal representando a imagem de Rita de C?ssia. A partir disso, novos aspectos sociais, culturais, religiosos e pol?ticos passaram a fazer parte da realidade santa-cruzense, fazendo com que os moradores tivessem um assunto em comum para conversar na cidade. Na perspectiva da Lingu?stica Aplicada de enfoque interdisciplinar, nossa refer?ncia te?rica baseia-se no modelo s?cio-hist?rico da linguagem, entendendo-a como pr?tica discursiva. Ainda no campo te?rico, estabelece-se uma interconex?o com os estudos culturais, utilizando o conceito de identidade cultural na p?s-modernidade. A an?lise dos discursos revelou-se plural, com uma multiplicidade de identidades culturais que v?o de filha muito obediente ? esposa que sofria por causa do marido, de mulher muito religiosa ? vi?va que entrou para o convento, passando pela Santa dos milagres e das curas que intercede hoje na vida de quem pede seu aux?lio. Tamb?m se constatou no referido percurso investigativo que essas identidades podem ser constru?das e reconstru?das se estiverem imersas em outro conjunto de pr?ticas sociais determinadas historicamente. / 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