Enraizadas: Livro-reportagem sobre mulheres assentadas e militantes do Movimento dos Trabalhadores [e das Trabalhadoras] Sem Terra (MST) do Mato Grosso do Sul

Abstract

Enraizadas is a report book written by Ana Laura Menegat, that narrate the stories of life and fights of settleld women and militants from the Movimento dos Trabalhadores e das Trabalhadoras Rurais Sem Terra (MST) in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. The history is told in six parts, the first one "Presenting living stories" is the preface of the book, written by the author's mother, Alzira Menegat, who presents her own search path and her daughter's involvement. The second, "Seeds" contextualize the journalist's path and remember the encounters and disagreements with the settled women and with her own mother, researcher of the farm reform. "Who is afraid of the farm reform?" brings the definitions of concepts, practices and struggles faced by the peasant women and the Movimento Sem Terra. In "Rooted" are presented six journalistic profiles of women militant and settled by the MST in MS. Following, "Knowledge: politic tools against the hunger" tells the struggles and possibilities of the rural education, the politic formation stimulated by MST and food sovereignty. "Permanent cultivation" searches for new hopes, strengths and paths for a popular farm reform and an involved, engaged and activist journalism. Finally, "Between looks" is a photo notebook that shows records done in the report path. To bild this report book, in-depth interviews have been made with the militant and settled women, and field trips to the settlements. Therefore, the objective of this book was been achieved.