Submitted by Ana Caroline Costa (ana_caroline212@hotmail.com) on 2018-11-14T18:33:21Z No. of bitstreams: 2 Dissertação - Ana Luísa Machado de Castro - 2018.pdf: 2946154 bytes, checksum: 5aafc118a76d805d2c16aae9bdd783da (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Luciana Ferreira (lucgeral@gmail.com) on 2018-11-19T10:23:35Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 2 Dissertação - Ana Luísa Machado de Castro - 2018.pdf: 2946154 bytes, checksum: 5aafc118a76d805d2c16aae9bdd783da (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-11-19T10:23:35Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 Dissertação - Ana Luísa Machado de Castro - 2018.pdf: 2946154 bytes, checksum: 5aafc118a76d805d2c16aae9bdd783da (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-08-27 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / This dissertation investigates the relations between Brazilian Black Feminism and Human Rights violation/effectiveness processes, based on data received in seven interviews with Brazilian black women from all regions of the country. Focusing in the experience of black women, we expect to enlarge reflections on human rights to empower this tool to promote social justice and confront inequalities. The dissertation is divided in three chapters, in addition to the introduction and final considerations. The first chapter presents a reflection on the hegemonic field of human rights studies, seeking to problematize its main assumptions. Using decolonial theory, we discuss the history of human rights in modernity e use of the modern rights, the idea of human and un-human and about multiple human rights violations of black women. In the second chapter, we will characterize Brazilian black feminism and its participation in processes that involve violation/effectiveness of human rights in the country. We will address to some important milestones of the struggle of Brazilian black women, the relations with feminist and black movements and some theoretical formulations that emerge from these contexts. Finally, in the third chapter, we analyses the voices of the research collaborators. We present the point of view of theses black women on black feminism and human rights violation/effectiveness. / Essa dissertação investiga a relação entre Feminismo Negro Brasileiro e processos de efetivação/violação de Direitos Humanos, com base nos dados recolhidos em entrevistas realizadas com sete mulheres negras brasileiras de todas as regiões do país. Focando na experiência das mulheres negras, buscaremos ampliar as discussões sobre direitos humanos de modo a potencializar esta ferramenta para a promoção de justiça social e enfrentamento das desigualdades. A dissertação está dividida em três capítulos, além da introdução e considerações finais. No primeiro capítulo apresentaremos uma reflexão sobre o campo de estudos hegemônicos de direitos humanos, buscando problematizar seus principais pressupostos. Tendo como lente teórica as contribuições decoloniais, refletiremos sobre a história da invenção dos direitos humanos na modernidade, sobre a noção de humano e não humano incutida neste discurso e sobre as múltiplas violações de direitos humanos das mulheres negras. No segundo capítulo, iremos caracterizar o feminismo negro brasileiro e as especificidades de sua atuação em processos que envolvam efetivação/violação dos direitos humanos no país. Retomaremos alguns importantes marcos da luta das mulheres negras brasileiras, as relações construídas com os movimentos feministas e movimentos negros do país, e as algumas formulações teóricas forjadas a partir destes contextos. Finalmente, no terceiro capítulo serão analisados os dados produzidos a partir das entrevistas realizadas com as colaboradoras da pesquisa. Será apresentado o ponto de vista delas sobre feminismo negro e processos de violação/efetivação de direitos humanos.

Cette étude examine le canon littéraire d'Alice Walker et explore les différentes dimensions de sa philosophie du « womanism » par rapport à la double oppression des femmes noires américaines. Elle explore les liens qui peuvent émerger entre la politique et l'esthétique ainsi que l'impact des éléments autobiographiques sur l'œuvre de fiction. La première partie traite de la représentation fictive du mouvement des Droits Civiques dans Meridian (1976) et explore l'activisme politique de Walker pendant les années 1960. La deuxième partie se concentre sur l'analyse théorique du « womanism » et propose une étude de The Color Purple (1982) qui explore la violence conjugale dans la communauté noire et dépeint le poids de la solidarité féminine. Enfin, la troisième partie se penche sur le sujet controversé de la mutilation génitale des femmes (excision) et sa représentation dans Possessing the Secret of Joy (1992) et Warrior Marks (1993). En somme, les écrits de fiction de Walker affichent une interprétation significative des réalités politiques de l'oppression institutionnalisée entre les sexes, aux Etats-Unis et dans le monde. / The purpose of this study is to examine Alice Walker's literary canon and to investigate the different dimensions of her womanist philosophy regarding the racial and gender oppression of African American women. This research explores the links that may emerge between politics and aesthetics as well as the impact of autobiographical elements on the work of fiction. It displays the weight of Walker's womanist contribution in black literature and her ability to offer new definitions of blackness and womanhood. The first part deals with the fictional representation of the Civil Rights Movement in Meridian (1976) and explores Walker's own political activism in the 1960s. The second part centers on a theoretical analysis of womanism and offers a study of The Color Purple (1982) which explores domestic violence in the black community. Finally, the third part delves into the controversial subject of Female Genital Mutilation and its representation in Possessing the Secret of Joy (1992). In sum, Walker's fictional writings display a significant interpretation of the political realities of institutionalized gender oppression in the USA and around the world.

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[pt] O argumento central desenvolvido nesta pesquisa gira em torno do conceito de desrespeito na teoria de reconhecimento de Axel Honneth. Segundo o filósofo alemão, a experiência de desrespeito de determinados grupos sociais é o motor propulsor que mobiliza para uma luta em busca de reconhecimento. Nesta lógica, a luta por reconhecimento visa restabelecer a relação lesada pelas sistemáticas práticas de ofensa que ferem a confiança em si, respeito em si e auto-estima. A fim de testar essa hipótese, propomos como o campo de observação da pesquisa empírica, as condições de mulheres negras que sofrem quotidianamente discriminação e dominação à base de raça, gênero e classe na Baixada Fluminense, particularmente os municípios de Duque de Caxias e Nova Iguaçu. No primeiro momento, procuraremos diagnosticar o modo como se dá essa discriminação múltipla na experiência quotidiana das mulheres negras numa região historicamente marcada pela precariedade das condições básicas da vida em termos econômicos mas também culturais. Em segundo, mostraremos o efeito mobilizador dessa experiência especialmente nos espaços de articulação e mobilização das ativistas negras, tais como nos coletivos, ONGs e movimentos sociais. Por fim, vamos pontuar a relevância da representação política nos espaços decisórios em vista de defesa dos direitos básicos que possam dar garantia à integridade e condições de vida minimamente digna às mulheres negras. / [en] The central argument of this thesis focuses on the concept of disrespect in the theory of recognition of Axel Honneth. According to the German philosopher, the experience of disrespect of certain social groups unleashes a mobilization toward a struggle for recognition. From this point of view, the struggle for recognition aims at restoring relations broken by systematic practices of offense which injures self-trust, self-respect, and self-esteem. In view of testing this hypothesis, I opt as a field of empirical observation for the conditions of black women who daily suffer discrimation and domination based on race, gender and class in Baixada Fluminense, particularly in the municipalities of Duque de Caxias and Nova Iguaçu. At the first moment, I will present a diagnosis of the way the multiple discrimination, race, gender and class, take place in the daily life of black women living in the region historically marked by the precariousness of the basic conditions of life both in economic and cultural terms. Secondly, I will demonstrate the capacity of this experience in mobilizing black women in different spaces of social organization such as collectives, NGOs, and social movements. At last, I will pinpoint on the relevance of political representation in the decision-making spaces in view of the defense of basic rights which may guarantee the integrity and the minimally worthwhile conditions of life for black women.

Sweden has been celebrated in public discourse for being a major proponent of social justice and anti-racist policies, but the country’s ambiguous history with racism has been replaced by colour-evasive discourses permeating contemporary organisations today. Management and organisation studies have focused on the individual identity work of employees, without further attention to the intersecting social positionings of Black Afro-Swedish women. By the works of Black feminism, intersectionality and a phenomenology of embodiment, this study focused on how Afro-Swedish women experience and manage their embodied identities in working life. With a qualitative research methodology and an embodied research design, data was gathered from 17 unstructured interviews with Afro-Swedish women who are professionals, managers, and executives in the public, private, as well as the third sector. The participant group consisted of 2 Deaf women and 15 hearing women. Through an inductive thematic analysis process 3 main themes were generated: Reactions and Responses, Negotiation Practices and Survival Strategies. The findings also point to a sectoral segregation of race and gender, specific for the third sector, as well as diversity exploitation that renders Black women more vulnerable by naturalising unpaid diversity labour. The concluding chapter calls for a more focused analysis about Deaf racialised women’s experiences in working life and Afro-Swedish women across a broader range of professions.

This thesis analyzes the origin and impact of Black homophobia found in activist spaces of mid- to late-twentieth-century American society. Black gay Americans were subjected to intersecting forms of systemic and cultural oppression that were exceedingly hard to escape due to both the homophobia in Black spaces and the racism in gay spaces. Black gay activists and artists thus had to create their own avenues of expression where they and others could fully embrace what it meant to be Black and gay. This work utilizes a Black feminist framework to explore the roots of Black homophobia and how this type of bigotry was able to so deeply infiltrate Black activist spaces like the Civil Rights Movement and the Black Panther Party. Black homophobia originated as a response to White supremacist domination of the Black body, and was able to spread through the community for generations through paths such as hypermasculinity, the Black church, and misogynoir. The experiences and voices of Black gay activists and artists are at the forefront of this work in an effort to shine a light on a group often overlooked by Black history and LGBTQ history alike. This thesis works to fill in one of the many gaps present in the historiography pertaining to Black gay life in America, though more contributions can and should be made in order to shift the field away from its historic focus on the White gay male. An investigation of Black gay exclusion from Black and gay activist spaces offers valuable insight into how Black gay activists and artists persevered and cultivated their own spheres of inclusion within a society that fundamentally opposed virtually every part of their identities.

Der Begriff HipHop-Feminismus wurde von der amerikanischen Kulturkritikerin Joan Morgan etabliert und beschreibt einen Feminismus, der den Lebenswelten HipHop-sozialisierter Frauen (of color) gerechter werden soll. Neben der selbstreflexiven Auseinandersetzung mit der eigenen Positionierung innerhalb einer als sexistisch geltenden Kultur, zählen auch kritische Diskurse um rassisierte Repräsentationen von women of color und die Aufarbeitung weiblicher HipHop-Geschichte zu den Themen des HipHop-Feminismus.

Nosso objetivo foi descrever estratégias de promoção da saúde de mulheres negras, voltadas à potencialização de resiliência, agência, emancipação, autonomia ou empoderamento, e avaliar especificidades e complementaridades entre as reconhecidas no campo científico e as reconhecidas no campo do movimento negro e de mulheres negras. O texto tem início com uma apresentação, onde informamos meu percurso como pesquisadora, psicóloga e mulher negra, a maturação do tema e problema de pesquisa e o conteúdo de cada um dos capítulos. Na introdução, desenvolvemos uma reflexão teórica sobre (1) relações raciais e de gênero pelo prisma da psicologia, (2) promoção de saúde pela abordagem psicossocial e (3) saúde pela perspectiva de mulheres negras. No percurso metodológico, incluímos os procedimentos de descrição e avaliação, de acordo com os objetivos. A interseccionalidade justificou e orientou o resgate de diferentes fontes de conhecimento. Para a descrição, adotamos duas técnicas, que seguiram o mesmo roteiro semiestruturado. Para a coleta das experiências reconhecidas no campo científico, fizemos uma revisão sistemática de escopo. Foram incluídos 14 artigos publicados em revistas científicas, após análise e seleção dos 829 disponíveis nos bancos de dados adotados (ASSIA, BVS, ERIC, LILACS, MEDLINE, Psynet, Sociological Abstracts e Web of Science). Para a coleta de experiências reconhecidas no campo do movimento negro e de mulheres negras, realizamos entrevistas com 6 informanteschave, selecionadxs por suas experiências na realização de estratégias reconhecidas nesse campo. São integrantes desses movimentos, membros de práticas tradicionais de comunidades negras ou psicólogxs. Para o procedimento de avaliação dos resultados descritos, utilizamos a técnica de análise de conteúdo, organizada em categorias que discutem (1) os referenciais (epistemológicos, teóricos, técnicos, políticos) e os modos de fazer, (2) os pontos altos das estratégias e (3) o lugar das mulheres negras nas mesmas. A discussão foi orientada por uma abordagem psicossocial da saúde em diálogo com uma perspectiva feminista negra. Nas considerações finais, defendemos a tese de que a promoção da saúde de mulheres negras, pela perspectiva dos direitos humanos e do feminismo negro, demanda o uso da interseccionalidade como método de análise e de ação, orientada no sentido do bem viver. Ao pensarmos a interseccionalidade com foco para a saúde e o bem viver, a ferramenta analítica que, geralmente, é utilizada para a análise de eixos de opressão, foi adotada como referencial também para analisar eixos de potência. A interseccionalidade, como ferramenta de análise, permitiu-nos dispor da complexa concepção de que a saúde de mulheres negras tem relação direta com uma multidimensionalidade de forças, a partir de sua raça, gênero, classe, território, orientação sexual, geração, capacidades físicas e mentais, entre outros. Ainda como categoria analítica, a interseccionalidade e a noção de bem viver contribuíram para sofisticarmos a compreensão da saúde, concebendo-a como o equilíbrio harmonioso entre demandas e recursos, na encruzilhada entre aspectos pessoais (orgânicos, psíquicos, energéticos, interpessoais, entre outros), coletivos, sociais, ecológicos e espirituais, no sentido de uma saúde integral. Como método de intervenção, a interseccionalidade orienta para uma estratégia de promoção da saúde formada por uma encruzilhada onde se conectam diferentes fontes de conhecimento (como o campo científico, o campo do movimento negro e de mulheres negras, entre outros), com especial consideração pelas experiências pessoais e coletivas / Our objective was to describe strategies to promote the health of black women, aimed at strengthening resilience, agency, emancipation, autonomy or empowerment, and to evaluate specificities and complementarities between those recognized in the scientific field and those recognized in the field of black and black women movement. The text begins with a presentation, where are described my path as a researcher, psychologist and black woman, the maturation of the theme and research problem and the content of each of the chapters. In the introduction, we develop a theoretical reflection on (1) racial and gender relations from the prism of psychology, (2) health promotion through the psychosocial approach and (3) health from the perspective of black women. In the methodology pathway, we include description and assessment, according to the objectives. Intersectionality justified and guided the search within different sources of knowledge. For the description, we adopted two research techniques, which followed the same themes and semi structured questions. To collect the recognized experiences in the scientific field we conducted a scope review. We included 14 articles published in scientific journals, after analyzing and selecting the 829 available in the adopted databases (ASSIA, VHL, ERIC, LILACS, MEDLINE, Psynet, Sociological Abstracts and Web of Science). To gather experiences about strategies recognized in the field of black and black women movement, we interviewed members of this field, members of traditional practices of black communities or psychologists. To assess specificities and complementarities of the data collected we use the technique of content analysis, organized into these categories (1) the references (epistemological, theoretical, technical, political) and ways of doing, (2) high points and (3) the position of black women in them. The discussion was guided by a psychosocial approach to health in dialogue with a black feminist perspective. In the final considerations, we defend the thesis that the promotion of the health of black women, from the perspective of human rights and black feminism, demands the use of intersectionality as a method of analysis and action, oriented towards the well being. Thinking of intersectionality focusing on health and well being, the analytical tool that is generally used for the analysis of oppression axes was also adopted as a reference for analyzing power axes. Intersectionality, as a mode of analysis, allowed us a more complex aproach to the health of black women directly related to a multidimensionality of forces, based on their race, gender, class, territory, sexual orientation, generation, physical and mental abilities, among others. Still as an analytical category, intersectionality and the notion of well being may enhance the understanding of health, conceiving it as the harmonious balance between demands and resources, at the crossroads between personal aspects (organic, psychic, energetic, interpersonal, among others), collective, social, ecological and spiritual, in the sense of integral health. As a method of interventions, intersectionality leads to a health promotion strategy formed by a crossroads where different sources of knowledge (such as the scientific field, the field of black and black women movement, among others) are connected, with special consideration of personal and collective experiences