As relações de gênero na trajetória da pessoa bibliotecária

Abstract

Anchored in the theoretical contributions of gender, its connection with unequal power relations and how it acts in the constitution of identities, this thesis has a historical and exploratory character, it is defined as qualitative and had as its general objective to investigate how Librarianship alumni from Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) perceive gender relations in their professional training and trajectories and in the places they occupy in society. Thus, in-thirteen depth interviews were conducted with a semi-structured questionnaire with people with a degree in Librarianship at UFMG at different times and it was found that despite gender relations being present in the course choice trajectories, gender relations did not play a role at the time of professional choice nor in the areas of interest during college. However, gendered elements can be observed in the images evoked by the people interviewed about the professional librarian, in addition to a greater perception of gender relations in the profession, such as the recognition that men have advantages in a feminized profession, in the difference in treatment given by the public to women and men who exercise the profession. Furthermore, the intersection between the markers of gender, race and class appeared in the trajectory of people, opening space for future research that focuses on how the gender-race-class articulation acts in the constitution of the profession and in the place it occupies in society. Further research that deep the income differences between male and female librarians and how gender relations also play a role in the trajectory of LGBTQIAP+ librarians are also needed.