[The formation of a new proletariat: working women in Manaus Industrial Section]. / Formacao de um novo proletariado: as operarias do Distrito Industrial de Manaus.

PIP: This study analyzes the process of formation of a female proletariat in the Industrial Section of the Manaus Tax-free Zone, Brazil. The history and personal stories of women who, in a very short time, go from being "riverians" in the Amazon jungle to skilled and semi-skilled assemblers of televisions, videos, and computers in the electronic industry, serve as the basis for studying the effects of the leap in time equal to centuries of civilization that these women accomplish. In following the integration of these women an attempt is made to understand their everyday trajectories in the factory and in the family. This approach allows the identification of the bilateral aspect of changes in the process of adaptation between labor and capital so that one can identify behavioral adjustment in labor relations both by supervisory management and by the workers. Among the author's findings are that 1) family organization does not follow the traditional couple form, but that 2) 2 regularities can nonetheless be identified: the presence of an older woman (mother of the worker) and the weak or non-systemic presence; or even the non-existence of; a man as family support. Fully understanding this family framework and the more independent position of this new type of working woman in Manaus will demand a deeper analysis of the roots of their historical heritage. Up to now that record has been practically unknown.^ieng