Metáforas do sofrimento no trabalho: um estudo da expressão “nervoso” no meio rural

Abstract

This paper presents some reflections which have been developed in arder to help understand the complaints called "nerves" in the rural zone and its relation to work. This nomination represents the difficulties faced by these workers in the everyday life and it is related to conflictive situations at work and to strategies for these low income population to survive. The nerves tension is a psychological suffering language and it considers the psychosocial, cultural and economic dimensions of a group. Thus, the phenomena is understood as a historical process, built on the dialectic relation between individuais and social structure.