Das memórias ancestrais à resistência feminina: a construção da identidade das mulheres quilombolas dos Rufinos-PB

Abstract

In quilombola communities, the presence and performance of women has been fundamental in the development of social actions in the territory and in the search for public policies for the black people of the quilombo. The woman from the quilombola community Rufinos-PB exemplifies this female figure, from adolescence to adulthood, as these are present in all areas of the community, demonstrating the strength and resistance of his representation. The aim of this study is to understand the life trajectory of women from the Quilombola community of Rufinos in Pombal-PB, and the challenges that pervade the construction of their identities. Thus, in order to provide a theoretical basis for our considerations on the analyzed topic, we used Stuart Hall (2008), to discuss identity, Arruti (1997) in studies on the quilombola issue, Gonzales (2020) for conceptions about black women, Carneiro (2003) with black feminist thought and Santos (2019) in the construction of being black woman and quilombola. As a methodological proposal, this study is configured as qualitative research with an approach anchored in the oral history of life, based on narratives of black quilombola women. We used semi-structured life history interviews as an important historical source to give sustainability to the study, in addition to these sources, we base ourselves on documents from the community itself, such as: minutes of meetings, certificate of recognition, list of members registered in the association, in addition to the founding documents of the community association itself. The locus is the Quilombola community of Rufinos located in the hinterland of Paraíba, in the rural area of the city of Pombal. The identity of the Quilombola women of the Rufinos pervades intrinsically their relationship with the community, since childhood, their perceptions of the world are shaped from that territory and its transformations. Being a black woman and a quilombola as a symbol of strength and resistance weaves the lines of her life experiences within this panorama, in which the struggle for the survival of her people is solidified primarily by female action.