A representação ideal: a mulher a partir de fotografias do Arquivo Histórico Municipal Juarez Miguel Illa Font

Abstract

This work aims to examine the representation of women in the municipality of Erechim from the analysis of photographs in order to investigate if there is a normative ideal of gender in them. For this, methodologically, the Juarez Miguel IIIa Font Historical Archive was located in the city of Erechim, state of Rio Grande do Sul, to verify and select photographs with a women's approach. After the selection of the corpus was developed a bibliographical research in order to find the elements that would theoretically support the empirical analysis. In this sense, feminist and gender discussions were discussed, which referred to the theories of Michel Foucault and Judith Butler, which in turn were added the contributions of the photographer and sociologist José De Souza Martins. From this it was possible to develop the empirical analysis of the photographs. The conclusions point to the existence of a normative ideal that places women in a subordinate position in relation to men.