Abstract
The article aims to map the production of knowledge in the areas of health sciences, humanities and social gender and rurality, from a critical analysis. For this, searches were conducted at the website of portal de periódicos da coordenação de aperfeiçoamento de pessoal de nível superior with the keywords: gender and rural, gender and rurality, and rural woman, woman and rurality in the 2000-2014 period. The selection generated a total of 108 articles, out of which 25 articles presented discussions about the ways of life of women in rural settings and therefore were included in this study. The analysis addressed discussions on gender relations in rural areas and gender and new ruralities. The analyzed productions recognize advances in gender issues in rural areas, however, distinguish the need for a greater presence of feminist theories in the formation of theoretical and methodological approaches with these contexts.
Keywords:
gender; rurality; literature review