Mulher e seringal: um olhar sobre as mulheres nos seringais do Amazonas (1880-1920)

Abstract

This dissertation aims to analyze the experiences of women in the Amazon rubber plantations in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It aims to understand what were the alternatives of survival faced by many women who lived in the forest and how they lived an everyday life. By this direction, we searched all kind of women situation, like: married, widows, unmarried, cohabitating, lover, witch, Indian, employee of rubber plantation, rich, poor, mother, wife and daughter. We discuss some of the experiences of these women in an area regarded as male territory. The rubber plantation. In order to understand these stories and their daily lives, we proposed to work in light of historical research using documents such as newspapers, procedures clearance wedding, inventories, criminal and civil agreements.