FISHERWOMAN: BLACK WOMEN OF THE SÃO BRAZ MAROON - SANTO AMARO, BAHIA
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This article deals with the representations and hierarchies of genre transmitted, reinforced and challenged in the activities of fishing and shellfish among the residents of São Braz, locality of Santo Amaro, in Recôncavo of Bahia. It is a population that fights for the title as maroon territory, having been certified by the Palmares Foundation in 2009. Through the ethnographic method, it has been observed that, in the formation of labor identities, light and patience work is considered eminently feminine, like shellfish, while heavy ones are eminently masculine, such as fishing. The mangrove, the mud, is attributed to the woman, while the man is attributed to running water. Such representations fuel expectations about the work performance of men and women, reinforcing hierarchies and subordination women's work, but are also challenged by women fishers.
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