ABREU, Mariana Marinho de    MACEDO, João Paulo Sales. Women From Low-Income Neighborhoods in Caxias-MA: Lives that Exist. Estud. pesqui. psicol. []. 2023, 23, 2, pp.523-544.   03--2024. ISSN 1808-4281.  https://doi.org/10.12957/epp.2023.77697.

The present study is based on the experiences of women from the low-income neighborhoods of Caxias, a country town in the Brazilian State of Maranhão. The purpose was to investigate the life stories of women who live in that neighborhoods, their ways of life, and resistance in their daily experiences. This is a qualitative research that is based on the production of meaning in everyday life. We have researched five women from four low-income neighborhoods in the city through daily observation, daily conversations, and semi-structured interviews. We have used the dialogic map of production of meaning for this analysis. It was noticed that women act as active subjects in their neighborhoods, looking for better living conditions towards education and infrastructure. They do it building a network of sociability and solidarity which includes a front of mothers' club, community association, and dance group as forms of resistance. Therefore, we realize that this study can contribute to the literature and to the discussion about women from peripheral contexts of non-metropolitan regions.

: women; low-income neighborhoods; resistance; Social Psychology..

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