Entre cânones e encruzas: historiadoras negras e a historiografia brasileira da década de 1980

Abstract

This dissertation aims to map and analyze the presence and historiographical production of Black women historians in Brazil during the 1980s. This period witnessed significant historical, social, and epistemological transformations, including the consolidation of decolonial, gender, race, and sexuality studies; the formation of the Unified Black Movement (MNU); feminist movements; Brazil's re-democratization; the emergence of Social History; and the expansion of graduate courses. This research primarily investigates whether Black women historians existed during this period and the strategies they employed to disseminate knowledge amidst epistemic racism within institutional spaces, which positioned them as "outsiders." Through an analysis of periodicals like "Negritos", the results derived from encounters with Lúcia Helena Oliveira Silva, Martha Rosa Figueira Queiroz, Elionara Ziari Costa de Brito, and Rosângela Janja Costa Araújo (Mestra Janja) will be presented, highlighting the pivotal contributions these Black women historians, subjects of this research, made to Brazilian historiography and the writing of Brazilian history during the 1980s.