Black/quilombola identity: intergenerational dialogues on self-naming in a community in the Northeastern sertão

Abstract

ABSTRACT This work registers a research carried out with quilombola children, preadolescents and elderly people presenting the following topic: the construction processes of black and quilombola identities and self-affirmation. The research aimed to identify racial- and cultural-defined factors of these individuals’ identities; presenting the relations between racial identity and quilombola identity, in order to comprehend how such social constructions are related to each other and how they are managed by individuals from different generations. The research was conducted at the quilombola community Serra das Viúvas (Alagoas). A qualitative research was carried out with group workshops inspired by focal groups. A group of two elderly people and 37 children and preadolescents participated in the research. The results show generational factors involved in racial self-affirmation, as well as in being a quilombola, factors which were presented differently by young and elder participants.