Poderes e família: domicílios multifacetados chefiados por mulheres Aldêa Velha (ES), 1843

Abstract

The research Powers and Family: multifaceted female-headed households. Aldea Velha (ES), 1843 sought to discuss the various characteristics of households headed by women in a small village in the north of Espírito Santo, called Aldêa Velha, in 1843. Starting from contact with the source titled Mappa da Populasam da Freguezia de Nossa Senr.A da Penha de Aldêa Velha; Pertencente ao anno de 1843 , collected by the Public Archives of the State of Espírito Santo, it was possible to examine the arrangements of households. The document is a population count of the mid-nineteenth century, which has related information such as name, ethnicity, age, nationality, marital status and occupation of the inhabitants of the locality. The study was focused to analyze the composition of families, especially those headed by women, inspired by the criteria established by the researcher Eni de Mesquita Samara, who has researched the varied possibilities typifications of family compositions. Also verify proposed through tables produced from the data contained in the packet population cited, the panorama of family arrangements of Aldêa Velha , in 1843. Observed in the data analysis, the presence of women in that society was expressive mode in command of the families present, allowing us to understand the specificities and characteristics of households, as well as the areas of activity of women in the region. Anyway, you can wrap that in Aldêa Velha had, in fact, the composition of multifaceted households, ie those dwellings flexible and dispersed character, composed of multiple models. The households headed by women sought different strategies for managing your household, revealing the presence of these characters in widely different social spheres.