Mulheres negras e o espaço privado: uma análise interseccional a partir da cozinha

Abstract

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.