Mulheres de tabuleiro/mulheres de terreiro: trajetórias de mulheres negras

Abstract

This article discusses candomblé as a space in which the experiences of black women occupy a differentiated place in the priestly hierarchy and how these women experience feminist perspectives and practices in their daily lives. A discussion is also held about how white feminism referred to women in a universalistic fashion; as intersexual feminism has enabled black women to have their idiosyncrasies problematized, and as in candomblé, the yalorixás, who are leaders in the terreiros, manifest in their daily behaviors that are related to feminist theories. The black priestesses of candomblé manifested behaviors of autonomy, independence and protagonism. These women have developed in Brazil, since the founding of candomblé, in the late nineteenth century, a history of conquest and confrontation with machismo and racism, being pioneers of a black feminism in their daily practices.