O feminino, a agricultura familiar e o café na serra de Baturité, Ceará, Brasil

Abstract

This article aims to analyze the role of women as a social actor in the coffee production process in the Baturité mountain range, state of Ceará, considering the historical-cultural, socioeconomic and environmental aspects, with the specific objectives of verify and discussing the female presence in local coffee farming. The research is a case study, characterized by being diagnostic, descriptive and exploratory. It covers bibliographical study, systematic literature review in academic works, in loco findings, participant observation and semi-structured interviews. The data indicate that, despite the woman/coffee farmer performing multiple functions and contributing to the economic and environmental development of the Baturité mountain range, she is marginalized or in a hierarchically inferior position to the man/coffee farmer, which reinforces the asymmetries of genre present in rural, social and academic historiography