Abstract:
In this interview, Amelinha Teles discusses her intellectual and militant trajectory initiated during the civil and military dictatorship in Brazil and the reception of the book by Heleieth Saffioti (2013), The women in class society: myth and reality, considered by Amelinha as the first feminist book about women written in Brazil. The contemporaneity of Saffioti's legacy is emphasized through the theories of the Node of social relations of class, gender and race and the current status of the Patriarchate. It also discusses the intimate dialogue between Heleieth Saffioti and the feminist struggle in Brazil, especially the role of Heleieth Saffioti with the Popular Legal Promoters (PLPs).
Keywords:
Feminist struggle; Node- social relations of class gender and race; Patriarchate; Popular Legal Promoters (PLPs)