Women & frontier: the invisibility of teachers' work in border areas

Abstract

This article brings contributions from the research “The work(s) of women teachers on the Brazil-Bolivia border” developed in the Graduate Program in Psychology at the Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados (UFGD). From a mapping carried out on the Regional Portal of Biblioteca Virtual da Saúde (BVS), this research is based on Social Psychology in dialogue with Feminist Epistemology and Women's Work Studies in a gender perspective. We note the absence of research publications developed in border areas and the lack of analysis of the gender perspective on teaching work, specifically about women’s teachers work in border areas. Our analysis aimed to understand the multiple looks and meanings on the cultural, language and historic borders, as well as on the sexual division of labor and its influence on the public and private life of these female teachers who live and work on the borders.

Keywords

• fronteira. divisão sexual do trabalho. professora. gênero.