The dream of making a living from the land: Amazon settler women as change agents
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O sonho da terra: mulheres assentadas na Amazônia como agentes de mudança
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The purpose of this paper is to determine the role of women in the so called caminhada (march) to a land reform
project in the State of Pará, Brazil. When a woman decides to join the Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem
Terra (MST) (Landless Workers’ Movement) she may enter into conflict with her social environment. In the light of
the changes happening due to her militancy, I want to elucidate the reasons for her involvement, examine female
contributions during the settlement process and the changes this process may cause in their lives. The analysis is based
upon a fieldwork conducted in a land reform hamlet near the city of Castanhal in northeastern Pará. Three case studies
of female militancy are examined. Some of the outcomes of this analysis are that the role of women in this process
is prominent because they are its most important support; they are assuming pioneer functions, organizing domestic
and public tasks in the settlement and play the role of articulators between the different households. Due to their
militancy poor urban and rural women are able to step out of their invisibility, often suffered in Brazilian society, and
make an important contribution to the construction of a new life
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NAASE, Karin Marita. “The dream of making a living from the land”: Amazon settler women as change agents. Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. Ciências Humanas, Belém, v. 4, n. 2, p. 247-260, maio-ago. 2009. Disponível em: < http://www.museu-goeldi.br/editora/bh/humanas_v4n2.html > Acesso em: 22 set. 2009.