QUILOMBOL WOMEN FROM THE JEQUITINHONHA VALLEY: WEAVERS RESISTANCE
Name: CLAUDILENE DA COSTA RAMALHO
Publication date: 24/03/2023
Examining board:
Name |
Role |
|---|---|
| ANA PAULA PROCÓPIO SILVA | Examinador Externo |
| ANA TARGINA RODRIGUES FERRAZ | Presidente |
| GRACYELLE COSTA FERREIRA | Examinador Externo |
| MARIA HELENA ELPIDIO DE JESUS | Examinador Interno |
| MARIA RAIMUNDA PENHA SOARES | Examinador Externo |
Summary: The general objective of this thesis is to analyze the participation of quilombola women in the popular movements of the Jequitinhonha Valley, to verify how the patriarchal relations of gender and race have been expressed in the lives of these women, from 2016 to 2022, in the quilombola communities of Macuco (Minas Novas) and Tocoiós (Francisco Badaró). To this end, a bibliographical review was carried out on the themes of patriarchal gender relations, racial relations, social reproduction, quilombo and quilombola women, dialoguing with poetry, song lyrics, literature and author(s) such as Nascimento (1980), Moura (2020) Saffioti (2013), Gonzalez (2020), Nascimento (2021), among others. Furthermore, we also used field research (focus group and individual interview) as a data collection technique and content analysis as an analysis technique. It should also be noted that the researcher's experiences as a militant were central to shaping the paths taken here. As a result, we identified that, even in
the face of the challenges imposed by the structures of domination-exploitation, the quilombola women of the Jequitinhonha Valley weave their (re)existence day and night; moved by the quilombola mystique, they have historically been weavers of resistance. Such challenges relate to the overload of activities, violence, male chauvinism, silencing and underrepresentation experienced by them, issues that are often not discussed within the movements in which they participate. Given this scenario, we realize that, if, on the one hand, the domination-exploitation structures create obstacles to their participation in popular
movements, on the other hand, even in the face of countless difficulties, quilombola women, historically, have been resisting and striving in these movements.
