Obás atlânticas: rebeldes, insubordinadas e insurgentes (Juiz de Fora – séculos XIX/XX)

Abstract

This thesis has as its central pillar understanding how black women and activists constructed strategies to confront vectors of oppression such as racism and sexism in the city of Juiz de Fora (MG). Initially, I am interested in understanding Juiz de Fora as an atlantic city with slave origins whose memorial construction is directly related to the erasure of the stories and identities of these women. From this, I seek to expand this perspective to understand a common ancestry between the city and my interviewees, rescuing its connections with the African diaspora. Thus, using oral history and access to personal archives, I attempt to understand the atlanticity that unites them as an approximation forged in the forced crossing of the Atlantic and whose developments have a direct impact on contemporary times and the way their experiences of existence are shaped by this history. Armed with these perspectives, I set out to understand how different activism agendas are constructed with the city as a backdrop, at the same time as I seek to connect Juiz de Fora with national demands for agendas that emerge from the speeches of women who are part of different fronts of political protagonism. in the city.