A mulher no cangaço: um olhar para além de Maria Bonita (1930-1938)

Abstract

This paper aims to understand a female presence between 1930 and 1938, analyzing how gender relations and power of man in the Northeastern society that was reflected in the cangaço. Seeking to present or lead women through the women who present this movement, for example: Maria Bonita, Adilia, Dadá, Lídia and other members, being able to demand a voice and make other women visible; share information about this moment and these presences, as well as highlight the representativeness of Northeastern women through them who were also protagonists of cultural, Northeastern and Brazilian history. For the development of this research, we seek to understand the context of the Cangaço Movement, the participation of women and how it affected the social and cultural history. For that, a priority was to use updated information and research using the critical historical method, bibliographic sources, works by authors who discuss gender, gender relations, power, female presence in gender and other issues related to female protagonism, as well as journalistic images, Oral history through reports, interviews and documentaries in relation to the social period, kangaroo, northeastern women and how the movement did.