Racismo e misoginia na subcultura gótica : uma análise a partir de vivências de mulheres negras

Abstract

This dissertation studies the Brazilian goth subculture from an intersectional perspective, investigating how racism and misogyny occur from the accounts of black women who participate or have participated in the subculture. Firstly, I conduct a theoretical survey and discuss race, intersectionalities, cultures and digital influence. Secondly, I analyze four YouTube videos from the channels Nosferotika and Fases da Bruxa, two cisgender, goth and black women who use their digital influence to reflect on race and gender in goth subculture. Next, an anonymous online form collected reports from self-declared women, goths and blacks. The results show that black goths perceive and experience intersectional violence inside and outside the goth subculture and that, in spaces dedicated to the subculture, it is said that black people cannot be goths because of the color of their skin and that racial whitening is demanded of them; and that they can suffer violence both in person (physical and verbal) and online. In addition, these people feel like “foreign bodies” due to the lack of black presence and representation in these spaces.