Armed women

a reflection on gender representations in the participation of women in the araguaia guerrilla

Abstract

Taking as a historical reference the Araguaia Guerrilla, a Brazilian armed confrontation that occured along the 1960s and 1970s between left-wing militants and military forces of the dictatorial regime installed in Brazil in 1964, this article aims to analyze the gender representations focused on the women who entered the guerrilla movements, since they distanced themselves from the social models conceived and expected from the women of the 1960s and 1970s. The reflection that is proposed on this paper is about the social context of women in guerrillas, as well as an analysis of their prominent roles in the development of these movements, especially the Araguaia Guerrilla. For that, a report produced by DOI-CODI in 1977 on the conflict in the region of Araguaia, its conflicts and, mainly, its participants, is analyzed, as well as an analysis is made of the historiography produced on the female performance in the guerrillas, as well as how about these conflicts. In this way, it is possible to take part, even partially, in the Araguaia Guerrilla, and especially the women who were engaged
in, taking into account the representations created by the repressive organs, as well as by the guerrilla participants themselves.