Out the Shadows: São Paulo´s women family farmers

Abstract

From research carried out in two cities in the state of São Paulo – Santo Antônio da Alegria, located in the northeast, and Jales, located in the northwest – with families of small farmers, we aimed to analyze in this article the roles played by women for social reproduction the family group in the context of the steady advance of sugarcane production and the process of land appropriation of the family farmers by the plants, either through purchase or through leasing. Women are important agents not only to guarantee the domestic and commercial production, but also for the preservation of material assets (land) and intangible (festivals, traditions and memory) and the solidification of identity ties. The methodology is based on qualitative data and direct observation.

Keywords

• gênero e trabalho familiar
• economia moral
• reprodução social
• resistência e agricultura em são paulo