Mulheres brasileiras e militância política durante a ditadura militar: A complexa dinâmica dos processos identitários

Abstract

The military dictatorship period, which began in 1964 and lasted until 1985, marked by a succession of political, economical, and social changes, also characterized itself by the gradual and intense politico-social repression towards its antagonists. In this scenery, is remarkable the political activism of women antagonists to the regime. We aimed in this investigation to focus the psychosocial aspects, mainly those related to the identity processes, implied in the interconnection between gender relations and politics in women activism opposing against the dictatorial regime, from 1964 until 1985, in Brazil. With this objective, individual interviews were conducted with 09 women who participated of organizations which clearly stood as resistance against the military dictatorship between 1964 and 1973. The data analysis shows that transforming the social context and being transformed by it, these women, then, both within the political sphere and within gender relations, broke traditional code of conduct and proposed, instead, alternative forms to live the feminine condition