Afirmação de identidades negras: um estudo sobre o processo de (re)construção de identidades em uma casa de axé na cidade de Campina Grande.

Abstract

Our goal is to study the dynamics of the affirmation of black identity mediated by the houses of African-Brazilian cults in Campina Grande. We search the yard of the Father Walter Appears to examine how religion as a space for construction and affirmation of black identities in reference to processes of stigmatization and ethnic religious. Thus, we can say that the assertion of ethnic identity can also be thought of as a form of power Struggle, in order to tell the difference, going beyond the "rescue" of the black tradition. This construction Reflects possibly the creation of a "collective we" (Novaes: 1993), in forming a group that is Interested in social visibility of claims against the erasure was subject. This way, we intend to analyze the Extent to Which Candomble is Significant in construction / affirmation of black identities.