Empreendedorismo feminino, gênero e liberdade: histórias de mulheres empreendedoras na cidade de Foz do Iguaçu/PR

Abstract

The present research analyzed the contemporary gender relations from the perspective of the entrepreneurial woman from Foz do Iguaçu/PR. It sought the understanding of entrepreneurship as a tool of female freedom and the identification of the "capitals" of contemporary entrepreneurial women. It discussed the history of women's trajectory in the conquest of their civil rights, both in the world and in the national context, covering topics such as gender, feminism and the labor market. It analyzed the perception of the genre in three authors: Simone de Beauvoir (1970), Alan Touraine (2011) and Gilles Lipovetsky (2000). It also identified the concept of entrepreneurship and the relation of women to entrepreneurship. The main objective was to identify and understand the entrepreneurial activity in the lives of the women selected for the research, through their life histories, as well as in the verification of their fundamental precepts, inspired by the studies carried out by the anthropologist and writer Mirian Goldenberg (2006, 2011, 2012, 2014) who brings the figure of "body" and "husband" as capitals for Brazilian women. The research problem focused on the hypothesis that entrepreneurial activity was a tool for women's emancipation and identified the "capitals" of participating women entrepreneurs from their life histories. The methodology used was the qualitative research, with in-depth interviews, through a report, to understand the life stories of women entrepreneurs of the city of Foz do Iguaçu/PR.