Talhando um grupo étnico, o processo de recomposição identitária nas comunidades quilombolas de Serra do Talhado.

Abstract

Since the Constituent Assembly of 1988, the expression "Remnant of Quilombo Communities", inscribed in Article 68 of the ADCT, has caused debate and misunderstandings on the notion of "quilombo". Beyond its historical vision, it now became an anthropological concept with which we try to account for a complex reality that concerns, among other things, legal rights and identity of black communities, not just in rural areas but also in urban areas today. Communities of Talhado (Serra do Quilombo Community and Serra do Talhado Urban Community), in Santa Luzia, PB, recognized by FCP as quilombos, are concrete expressions concerning the contents of the debate. Talhado and the society in which it is inserted, Santa Luzia, constitute the scenario of inter-ethnic relations in which the recovery of ethnic identity and legal rights of "Quilombola" communities are challenged by segments of the surrounding society. This paper attempts to document the process and implications of ethnic identity reconstruction of Talhado. Merging ethnographic and historical research, this paper discusses the meaning of terms like quilombo and Quilombola as assumed by that community, and how the new identity creates new relationships within the community, and especially with the surrounding society