Abstract

WOORTMANN, Ellen F.. Changes in space and time and gender relations under the impact of modernization.Translated byNina Adel,  Miriam Adelman. Estud. fem. [online]. 2007, vol.3Selected edition, pp. 0-0. ISSN 0104-026X.

This article  discusses the relations between space, time and gender in the context of changes that affected fishing communities of Northeastern Brazil. The analysis is centered on the   perspective of women and highlights the negative transformations of the female condition  brought about by plantations  and tourism, as well as by the modernization of fishing activities.

Keywords : Gender; Time; Space; Fishing Communities; Modernization; Tourism.