Written portrait of gender resistances and ruptures of body-space norms in the corpography of Maria Antônia Soares

• Grant number: 25/00255-6
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: November 01, 2025
• End date: October 31, 2027
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Anthropology - Urban Anthropology
• Principal Investigator: Silvana de Souza Nascimento
• Grantee: Dandara Vieira Luigi
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This research aims to investigate the life-political trajectory of Maria Antônia Soares (1898-1991), belonging to the anarchist nucleus active in the early twentieth century, in São Paulo. The objective is to analyze her corpography as a memory of the presence of working-class women in public space, at a time when streets were predominantly seen as a male space. It is questioned about the possibilities of filling historiographical gaps and reassessment of dominant narratives that make invisible the contributions of women in the symbolic and material construction of cities. Methodologically, the study is based on anthropological theories about body and space, dialoguing with gender studies and city studies, to explore the experiences of Maria Antônia and her paths, within a certain urban historical context. (AU)