A importância da mulher no cangaço: Anésia Cauaçu

Abstract

The present research was important in the discussion of women as an empowered figure and protagonist of their attitudes of struggles and victories in the context of the cangaço. The present work sought to discuss the role of women in society, the way it has been and continues to be treated historically, as well as the importance of inserting it as a subject of history. In this perspective, the woman as object of the literary narrative was confirmed, some notes on the cangaço, the history of the Cauaçus and particularly, the history of Anésia Cauaçu, like example of fight by space in the history and example of woman Of the cangaço. The paper also attempted to reflect on this context, thus analyzing the ways in which women cangaceiras are described throughout history.