Reflecting about gender violence and african american women: The experience of the NGO Maria Mulher - Brazil
Abstract
The African American women's socioeconomic, political and cultural conditions are unstable; many of these women face social exclusion situations and have no access to public policies. The experience of the NGO Maria Mulher has considered racial discrimination in relation to African American women as a fact which empowers gender violence and causes damage to life quality and to health. This research tried to understand the effects of racial discrimination to the identities construction and to the subjectivation modes of African American women attended by the SOS Racism program. The women showed intense emotional suffering due to discrimination and racism they have faced. In the group process new meanings for the violence were produced, transforming the personal narrative into a public report.
Keywords
mulheres negras, violências, práticas discursivas, identidades e subjetivações, black women, violences, discourse practices, identity an subjetivityPublished
03-11-2008
How to Cite
Pereira Oliveira, M. L. (2008). Reflecting about gender violence and african american women: The experience of the NGO Maria Mulher - Brazil. thenea igital. evista e ensamiento investigación ocial, (14), 281–290. https://doi.org/10.5565/rev/athenead/v0n14.539
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