Black Minas

the meaning of work for black women

Authors

  • Eliana Costa Xavier
  • Glaucia Maria Dias Fontoura

Keywords:

Black Women, identity, work, Subjectivity, Health

Abstract

Black women built a social, historical, cultural and especially resistance to the work. The contemporary black female signals to make making something independent and power that turns black women protagonists in the subjective process of maintenance of historic black families. The strategies that ensured protection and sustainability to Brazilian black and their families during the slave system, and cultural resistance marker, characterized as they subjectify, see the world and deal with the relations of power within the social space. Through the ages, the work marked the struggle of black women transforming the acquisition and conquest of enfranchisement in relation to potential entrepreneurship. More than simply sustain offspring, they direct all energy to describe the places they inhabit.

Author Biographies

Eliana Costa Xavier

Psicóloga/UNISINOS. Especialista em Saúde Pública – ESP/RS. Mestranda Psicologia Social PUCRS – PROBOLSAS. Cachoeirinha/RS-Brasil.

Glaucia Maria Dias Fontoura

Psicóloga/UNISINOS. Especialista em Políticas Públicas de Gênero e Promoção da Igualdade Racial - PUCRS. Porto Alegre/RS-Brasil.

Published

2022-09-08

How to Cite

Xavier, E. C., & Fontoura, G. M. D. (2022). Black Minas: the meaning of work for black women. Identidade!, 18(3), 425–440. Retrieved from http://198.211.97.179/periodicos_novo/index.php/Identidade/article/view/1837

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