Women, the sea, the bodies

Resumen

This article comes from my research with fisherwomen embarked in artisanal fishing in Santa Catarina, Southern Brazil, which resulted in my doctoral thesis in Social Anthropology at UFSC in 2013. On the occasion of my camp, I stayed six months in Portugal and circulated among different fisherwomen. I talk about who are the fishermen on board, who work in small boats, going to sea and returning to land daily in periods ranging from three to 16 hours, depending on the type of fishing they perform. Afterwards, I dwell, on different topics, on the body in fishing, either as central in the exercise of being fished, as well as proof of the profession and the metamorphosis of the wear and tear imprinted in the exercise of becoming a fisherwoman.

DOI:https://doi.org/10.56238/sevened2023.002-003