Judicial and social rules transgression in Feira de Santana, 1890-1920

Abstract

The poor, worker and black women from Feira de Santana, between the years 1890 and 1920, did not produce information about their lives by themselves; so, the crime-processes were fundamental so that we could reconstitute fragments of their past, which allowed us to know, for example, that they dissimulated and got involved in love disputes; they insisted on making their own choice sex-affective and they worked to guarantee their own survival and the survival of their dependents. Some of them, yet, infringed the imposed feminity model when they get involved in conflicts.

Keywords

• Mulheres pobres
• Trabalhadoras
• Negras
• Família