“Pescadera”, “Vazantera”, “Quilombola”: o trabalho da mulher, na comunidade de Croatá – Januária/MG

Abstract

This dissertation has the purpose of presenting the conception of quilombola men and women about female rural work. The justification for this analysis stems from the need for social recognition of the work carried out by women in a quilombola community, as well as the improvement of this debate originated from previous research related to the theme. In these conditions, we start from the bibliographical research, where some categories like "Gender", "Work", "Traditional community", besides the subcategory "Quilombos", will support the empirical investigation. Consequently, throughout the text, there was the interpretation of the theory with the field research. For a better understanding of the problem under discussion, a qualitative research was started. Fieldwork, in turn, was carried out in the quilombola community of Croatá, in the municipality of Januária / MG, through the criterion of accessibility, selected men and women who contributed through semi-structured interviews. In this context, the objective of this study is to analyze the recognition of female rural labor in the community studied. From the field work already done, there are indications that the work of women among the quilombolas surveyed is recognized as they portray the results obtained through interviews.