Do consultório aos quilombos: a revolta como energia vital – diálogos da Teoria Reichiana e autores do campo psicanalítico para a compreensão de corporeidades negras.

Abstract

This study initially aimed to establish a dialogue between Wilhelm Reich and Black intellectuals of the African Diaspora within the psychoanalytic field. It has evolved into field research, focusing on quilombola women from two rural communities in the Middle Jequitinhonha, Southeastern region of Minas Gerais, Brazil. We conducted an analysis of Brazilian subjectivities in the post-abolition period, which was followed by a brief historical overview of Reichean Psychology and Body Psychotherapies in Brazil. We have taken the writings by Frantz Fanon, Virgínia Bicudo, Neuza Santos Souza, Lélia Gonzalez, Isildinha Baptista Nogueira, and Grada Kilomba, emphasizing the specificity of Black experiences in discussing racism through psychoanalytic frameworks. We propose that revolt has always been a fundamental force in the resilience of the Black population, with quilombos serving as powerful expressions of insurgent bodies. Finally, we present the field research conducted with quilombola women, employing the cartographic method in Psychology, which included an intervention-based study on the corporeal experiences of these women.