Iniquidades interseccionais no cotidiano de mulheres negras da periferia de Jaboatão dos Guararapes-PE: encruzilhadas das vivências ocupacionais racializadas

Abstract

The study aimed to understand the daily life of vulnerable black women based on the repercussions of racial, gender and social class issues in occupations. This is a qualitative study that used the Life Story narrative method. Six black women from the periphery of a Pernambuco municipality from January to March 2022, identified by the non-probabilistic sampling method, participated in the research. The narratives were analyzed using the Thematic Analysis method, from which three central themes and subthemes emerged: Article 1: (1) The scenarios of intersectional oppressions. Identities; Sexual Harassment and Violence; Care and Family. (2) Points of Revolution: The resignification and resistance to exist. Article 2: (3) Occupations as a social phenomenon: the effects of intersectional oppressions on occupational experiences. The findings were supported by the narratives of the participating black women and read in the light of the concepts of Intersectionality and everyday life, added to the understanding of occupations as a social phenomenon supported by the critical current of Occupational Therapy. It was found that when approaching the stories of the daily life of these black women, the greatest effort was the search to recognize themselves and be recognized as subjects of their own experiences. And from this, in everyday scenarios, in which occupational experiences are configured, it is plausible to highlight that several intersectional dimensions produce suffering, deprivation, violence, confrontations, resistance, resignifications and dreams, in a way that it is impossible to disassociate experiences from intersectional oppressions of the participants' occupational experiences and social relationships. Thus, knowledge of Occupational Therapy is necessary with regard to the concept of intersectionality and its consequences in scenarios of oppression, daily life and subjectivities of the black population and, in particular, black women.