Da luta pela produção agrícola e artesanal à construção da AMAQUI: o protagonismo político das mulheres quilombolas da comunidade Serra das Viúvas, Água Branca - AL, 2009-2018

Abstract

This Course Conclusion Paper is a study on the political role of black women in a remnant quilombo community in the Alagoas backlands, for agricultural production, ethnic recognition, and appreciation of craft work. The protagonists studied in this work are the women of the Association of Quilombola Artisan Women (AMAQUI), from Serra das Viúvas located in the city of Água Branca / Alagoas. To understand the political performance of quilombola and artisan women from Serra das Viúvas, we situate this work in the perspective of the discussions of the Renewed Political History, which appears around the 1970s, with the help of some historian researchers, sociologists and others. This is because many of the changes in the relationship between state, politics, and society became explicit at the end of the twentieth century, by observing different types of social movements, whose agendas of struggle interfere with state or government policies. In addition, for the preparation of this work we used the methodology of oral history, conducting interviews with the four female leaders of AMAQUI, from which were collected testimonials of their life stories and use other types of sources such as: Bibliographic references and the use of images.