A voz que quer ser ouvida e precisa ser escrita: memórias afetivas de mulheres negras “sozinhas’’ moradoras da cidade de São Francisco-MG (1979-2010)

Abstract

This dissertation analyzed the life histories of black women by themselves, from the city of São Francisco-MG (1979-2010), in order to understand the affective experiences and oppressions they experienced in relation to their race, gender, class, sexuality or age / generation. This study is based on intersectionality, which makes it possible to think black women through the multiple social markers of the interconnected difference. Through the testimonies of eight black women, four of them in the age group between 30 and 49 years, heads of families and with children. And the other four in their 50s and 85s, who had no children, remained in full celibacy and did not complete primary school. We find that although they are of different age / generation, they present some similarities in their experiences as a woman, black, poor and alone, all of whom have experienced racism, whether in the family environment, at school, at work or in their affective relationships. The feeling of loneliness experienced by them goes far beyond having a company, appears in the narratives as synonymous with being alone. They are black women who still live with many pains and sufferings, but continue to resist through their wounds.