Name: LUIZA SANTOS ALVES
Publication date: 06/09/2023
Examining board:
Name |
Role |
|---|---|
| ANGELA GOMES DE SOUZA | Examinador Externo |
| GISELE GIRARDI | Presidente |
| JULIANA CRISTINA TEIXEIRA | Examinador Interno |
| LORENA FRANCISCO DE SOUZA | Examinador Externo |
| PATRICIA GOMES RUFINO ANDRADE | Examinador Interno |
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Summary: This paper aims to bring some analyses on private space in Brazilian Geography. It
reverberates to the work of brazilian Black women in the kitchen concerning the
Geography of food. Through literature review, we cross the themes of private space in
Brazilian Geography, womanhood construction, motherly love myth as well as
housework in order to discuss presences and absences of brazilian Black women
inside the Geography of food in Brazil. As a result, we afirm that private space is one
the focus of reseach for feminist Geographies in Brazil and that, even with a massive
presence in reality, brazilian Black women are absent in the studies of Brazilian
Geography of food. Upon an intersectional analysis, we present the relevance of those
women for the research of the Geography of food. We also demonstrate, by
testimonies of Black women houseworkers, the transition between the margin and the
center, inside and outside the household (private and public space); the confirmation
of the presence and the importance of brazilian Black women to the Brazilian food
context; that these black and poor women dedicate more hours to their household
chores in their own homes (reproductive work) and as houseworkers in the productive
space.
