As mulheres no processo de coloniza??o do oeste catarinense: invisibilidade e resist?ncia (1920/1960)

This dissertation deals with women in the process of colonization of the West of Santa Catarina from 1920 to 1960, addressing the context of colonization, invisibility and resistance of women in this process. The construction of the scenario in which the colonization occurred is based on bibliographies of regional history and through documents from the family collection of my great-grandmother Elvira Laura, one of the migrant women who participated in the colonization of the region. Historiography on the colonizing process is usually placed under a patriarchal bias where women were invisibilized, they barely appear in the representations and memories of colonization. In the light of Thompson's theoretical reference from history viewed from below, research works on the participation of women in the colonizing process. Laws as well as religion and customs have created patterns of subordination and silencing for women. It was customary to nominate women as household professionals, an unprofessional activity, and even when they had other trades, they were not recognized. By means of the customs the idea of inferiority of the women was consolidated, because, the right of inheritance was denied to them. To understand the context of male domination, Pierre Bourdieu is the theoretician who supports research. Christianity contributed to the standards of morality where being a mother and being modest implied submission and obedience. Looking at old sources with a new look, it is possible to identify that, although so many forces contributed to the silence of women in the colonization history of the West of Santa Catarina, many of them resisted and became visible, challenged established standards, refused to submit and carried out their identities, their professions and their rights. The theoretical support of Mary Del Priore contributes to understand and better historicize the protagonism and resistance of women in the process of colonization of the West of Santa Catarina present in the photographs and judicial processes of the time.Essa disserta??o trata sobre as mulheres no processo de coloniza??o do Oeste catarinense, no per?odo de 1920 a 1960, abordando sobre o contexto da coloniza??o, a invisibilidade e a resist?ncia das mulheres nesse processo. A constru??o do cen?rio em que ocorreu a coloniza??o ? feita a partir das bibliografias sobre hist?ria regional e por meio de documentos do acervo familiar da minha bisav? Elvira Laura, uma das mulheres migrantes que participou da coloniza??o da regi?o. A historiografia sobre o processo colonizador geralmente ? colocada sob um vi?s patriarcal onde as mulheres foram invisibilizadas, elas pouco aparecem nas representa??es e nas mem?rias da coloniza??o. ? luz da refer?ncia te?rica de Thompson a partir da Hist?ria vista de baixo, a pesquisa trabalha a participa??o das mulheres no processo colonizador. Tanto as leis quanto a religi?o e os costumes criaram padr?es de subordina??o e silenciamento para as mulheres. Era costume nominar as mulheres como profissionais do lar, uma atividade n?o profissionalizada e mesmo quando tinham outros of?cios, n?o eram reconhecidas. Por meio dos costumes se consolidava a ideia de inferioridade das mulheres, pois, o direito de heran?a lhes era negado. Para compreender o contexto da domina??o masculina, Pierre Bourdieu ? o te?rico que ampara a pesquisa. O cristianismo contribuiu com os padr?es de moralidade onde ser m?e e ser recatada implicava em submiss?o e obedi?ncia. Olhando velhas fontes com um olhar novo ? poss?vel identificar que, apesar de tantas for?as contribu?rem para o sil?ncio das mulheres na hist?ria da coloniza??o do Oeste de Santa Catarina, muitas delas resistiram e tornaram-se vis?veis, contestaram os padr?es estabelecidos, se negaram ? submiss?o e protagonizaram suas identidades, suas profiss?es e seus direitos. O suporte te?rico de Mary Del Priore contribui para compreender e melhor historicizar o protagonismo e resist?ncia das mulheres no processo de coloniza??o do Oeste catarinense presente nas fotografias e nos processos judiciais da ?poca