O desenvolvimento da escrita feminina na imprensa da Paraíba: um olhar para a crônica e para a história das mulheres.

Abstract

As part of a dissertation that addressed the study of female chronicles in the state of Paraíba’sjournalism, this article aims to introduce the theme of female writing in the local press. Women started to narrate their daily lives and debate about their inequality conditions in this public space, transforming these writings into a historical, political and social portrait of female experience. In this way, we visualize the growing participation of women in the press over the centuries, which takes us to the present day’s plural and specialized participation. In order to understand how this phenomenon took place in the Paraíba scenario, we analyzed primarily how writing was important for the establishment of female discourse and its permanent presence in this “locus of enunciation”. Finally, we debate the role of writing, and, specifically, the role of the chronicle for the consolidation of this “social place” and the representation of women. Additionally, we address the ways in which this practice maintains an intrinsic relationship with the daily life of women, revealing their life trajectories in the press.