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Scuola Normale Superiore Djamila Ribeiro
Scuola Normale Superiore Djamila Ribeiro, Il luogo della parola, translated from Portuguese by Monica Paes. Alessandria: Capovolte, 2020 [2019] (112 pages) The enduring struggle of black feminism to make the voice of marginalized groups matter is developed in this book by Djamila Ribeiro, a Black Brazilian feminist philosopher and journalist, through the notion of “the place of the word” and the issue of the accessibility of knowledge. In her work Lugar de Fala (The Place of the Word, 2019), she comes across the longstanding history of black women’s fights and resistance, challenging the universal epistemology that constantly misreads some voices instead of others. This book, recently translated into Italian, French, and Spanish, is aimed at producing a tool for political action by crossing geographical, political, and social borders and supporting black women’s empowerment and self-awareness. According to the radical idea of accessibility of knowledge, Ribeiro speaks to everyone, democratizing the access to certain concepts and tools. This political task has been taken on by an independent Italian publishing house, which carried on Ribeiro’s effort in the European context. feminism, intersectionality, translation, decoloniality, Brazil In the introduction to their cornerstone work on Black Women Studies called All the Women Are White, All the Blacks Are Men, But Some of Us Are Brave, Gloria T. Hull and Barbara Smith state that “like any politically disenfranchised group, Black women could not exist con- sciously until we began to name ourselves” (Hull and Smith 1982, xvii). We might argue that Djamila Ribeiro’s essay goes exactly in this direction: naming herself, and so naming – and changing – black women’s conditions in Brazil through an effort of positionality and radical critical pedagogy. -
Stories of Mudanca (Change): Black Brazilian Teachers and Activists On
Stories of Mudança (Change): Black Brazilian Teachers and Activists on Afro Hair and Antiracism in Education and Society Dissertation Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Philosophy in the Graduate School of The Ohio State University By Marla Goins, M.A. Graduate Program in Teaching and Learning The Ohio State University 2020 Dissertation Committee: Mollie Blackburn, Advisor Timothy San Pedro, Advisor Theodore Chao Candace Stout Copyrighted by Marla Goins 2020 Abstract In this research, I explored how and why Black Brazilian women preservice teachers and activists performed afro hair activism, and how they sought to impact education and society through their work. Hair is a socio-politicized feature—one which carries cultural significance and has been racialized and gendered in various ways across time and space. For Black people internationally, the specific ways in which their hair is politicized are integral to their gendered racialization by the dominant societies in which they live. Societies which carry a legacy of slavery and colonization have characteristically oppressed Black bodies. Afro hair discrimination exists as an extension of that oppression. In an effort to mitigate their discrimination, Black people have practiced hair straightening globally since the advent of chemical straighteners in the early 1900s. However, 21st century afro hair activists have challenged the dejection of afro hair and promoted its embrace. In this study, I observed afro hair activism and its educational -
Black Feminism for a New Civilizatory Framework
BLACK FEMINISM FOR A NEW CIVILIZATORY FRAMEWORK Djamila Ribeiro • A Brazilian perspective • ABSTRACT This article discusses the importance of black feminism in the current political debate. It shows how the absence of an ethnic-racial perspective in the feminist movement has made black women and their struggles invisible, thus making it difficult for them to become political subjects. The author emphasises the theoretical-analytical contribution of black feminists, which highlights the combination of oppression - of race, class and other forms of discrimination - and its concrete functioning in the life of black women. For the author, a critical and intersectional outlook might point to new forms of understanding and political existence that breaks with the invisible reality of black women. KEYWORDS Black women | Feminisms | Race | Intersectionality • SUR 24 - v.13 n.24 • 99 - 103 | 2016 99 BLACK FEMINISM FOR A NEW CIVILIZATORY FRAMEWORK It is essential for the continuation of the feminist struggle that black women recognize the special advantage our marginalized perspective grants us and make use of it to criticize racist, classist domination and sexist hegemony, as well as refute and create a counter-hegemony. I’m suggesting that we have a central role to play in the realization of feminist theory and a contribution to offer which is unique and valuable.1 This quote from bell hooks sums up the importance of black feminism to the political debate. Contemplation of how forms of oppression are compounded and interlaced, creating new forms of oppression, is fundamental in order to consider other possible means of existence. Furthermore, the theoretical and critical framework offered by black feminism serves as a tool for thinking not just about black women, a broad category in itself, but also about the model of society we desire. -
“Whiter Than Me?”: an Intersectional Analysis of Whiteness in Feminisms
Articles “Whiter Than Me?”: An Intersectional Analysis of Whiteness in Feminisms Geórgia Grube Marcinik1 0000-0002-5249-1548 Amana Rocha Mattos1 0000-0002-2890-5421 1Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. 20550-900 – [email protected] Resumo: No presente artigo, analisamos como a branquitude apresenta-se nos movimentos feministas, buscando compreender os processos de subjetivação e racialização de mulheres brancas por meio do diálogo com as epistemologias dos feminismos não hegemônicos e estudos críticos da branquitude. Analisamos as falas de quatro feministas brancas que foram entrevistadas de maneira a pensar os desdobramentos da branquitude nos contextos feministas hegemônicos, buscando entender o que ocorre quando feministas brancas estão dispostas a dialogar e refletir sobre sua condição racial. A discussão dos resultados mostra a importância de compreendermos as formas de ser mulher e os feminismos afastando-se de uma via essencialista e universalizante, reconhecendo que se faz necessária a horizontalização dos pensamentos e práticas feministas a partir da intersecção dos marcadores sociais da diferença. Palavras-chave: Psicologia Social; teoria feminista; branquitude; gênero; interseccionalidade. ‘Mais branca que eu?’: uma análise interseccional da branquitude nos feminismos Abstract: This paper analyses how whiteness appears in feminist movements, in an effort to comprehend the subjectivation and racialization of white women through a dialogue with epistemologies of non- hegemonic feminisms and critical studies of whiteness. Four white feminists were interviewed and their statements were analyzed to consider the ramifications of whiteness in hegemonic feminist contexts, and to understand what occurs when white feminists are willing to dialogue and reflect on their own racial conditions. -
“A Matter of Life Or Death” an Intersectional Study on Black Women’S Political Participation in Brazil
“A matter of life or death” An intersectional study on black women’s political participation in Brazil Department of Romance Studies and Classics Nordic Institute of Latin American Studies Master’s thesis 30 credits Master’s degree in Latin American Studies (120 credits) Spring term 2020 Supervisor: Thaïs Machado Borges “A matter of life or death” An intersectional study on black women’s political participation in Brazil Abstract Brazil is in the 132nd position in the ranking for female parliamentary participation according to the Inter-Parliamentary Union’s latest report (2019). Black women are the ones least involved in national politics. In the state of São Paulo 94 state Deputies were elected in 2018, of these only 11 are women and only 3 are black. This research looks at black female political participation in Brazil, focusing on political engagement in the state and municipality of São Paulo. It employs black feminist theory to investigate the hindrances for black women’s political participation. Intersectionality and political science theories were used as part of the theoretical framework. The research question explored was: “What are the obstacles for black female political participation in Brazil?”. This question is connected to larger issues of gender, race, class, political representation and participation. Semi-structured interviews with black women engaged with institutional politics were conducted, followed by a thematic analysis. The research found four main obstacles preventing a greater participation of black women in politics. The issue of visibility, that is, having enough social capital to gain attention from voters, prevents many black women from receiving support by their political parties.