Mulheres sertanejas: os cabarés e becos em Delmiro Gouveia - AL, no final do Século XX

Abstract

This research investigates the history of prostitution in the alleys and cabarets in Delmiro Gouveia - AL, in the late 1970s to the 1990s. Aiming to reflect on the trajectory of these sertanejas women (Mocó, Pecília, Tonha and "Maria") to which refers to the link between body, pleasure, sexuality and profit. The study will have as a methodological basis a bibliographical survey allied to a field research, which will involve scholars such as: Mary Del Priore (2007), José Carlos Sebe B. Meihy(2015), among others, and from exploratory interviews conducted with the characters themselves mentioned above and their families, in order to contribute to the debate on the history of prostitution in Brazil, given the great inferiority of Brazilian women, and in particular the Sertanejas Women. The research had a qualitative approach, unfolding in procedures such as bibliographic study and field research, from interviews to obtain data collection.