Essa luta tá no meu sangue, como um casamento: um estudo sobre as mulheres da comunidade quilombola Lagoa Rasa em Catolé do Rocha – PB.

Abstract

This research aims to analyze the process of formation of Quilombos do Sertão, considering the trajectories of women leaders of the Quilombola Community of Lagoa Rasa, located in Catolé do Rocha/Paraíba. Moments, paths and political, social and cultural trajectories are highlighted, which implied discussing gender, race and class relations, based on intersectionality. In this way, I act on my trajectory, black feminism, which has reflected on these relationships in the quilombola context in question. I believe that this field of research is dimensioned by the dynamics that amalgamate territories of resistance in contexts of subordination and impositions, being historically reproduced by a sequence of violence and denial of rights. I seek, through Brazilian and foreign black intellectuals, to discuss the experiences and resistance of quilombola women in the backlands of Paraíba, who, in turn, claim the territory and access to public policies and have reinvented themselves in these contexts, occupying multiple social spaces , among which I highlight Anzaldúa (2000), Porto (2011), Nascimento (2018), Almeida (2022), Gonzalez (1988), Bento (2002), Akotirene (2020), Davis (2018), hooks (2019), Adichie (2015), Collins (2019), Kilomba (2019) and Crenshaw (2002). In this thesis, I raise the following questions: how do quilombola women maintain themselves in this land and how has their presence been marked by transformations in the Lagoa Rasa community? How are the categories of gender, race and class triggered? How are these leaders formed and how do they develop their leadership in their territory? For the resolution of such questions, I outlined methodological paths considering bibliographical and documental survey related to the research theme, interviews with the quilombola women of Lagoa Rasa, informal conversations and follow-up of posts in the community's profile on social networks/internet. The thesis supports the argument that the quilombola women leaders of Lagoa Rasa are decisive for the resistance of the sertanejo quilombos, in view of their organization, mobilization, dynamics and claim of the political agenda of this ethnic group. I use as evidence of leadership and protagonism of these women, interviews, posts on the internet, productions and bibliographical references and finally the relationship of experience and coexistence constituted in the space of weaving paths, images, symbols, locations and other expressions that elaborate the struggle of these quilombola women from Lagoa Rasa, whose incessant trajectories of resistance are fundamental for the strengthening, dynamism and political permanence of the community.