Cabelo crespo e mulher negra: a relação entre cabelo e a construção da identidade negra

Abstract

It is the main objective of this research to verify the impact of structural racism in the construction of the black woman's identity with respect to curly hair. The object of study was black women who are students of the UFRPE courses in social sciences, history and physical education, the research was approached through the qualitative method with the use of interviews to investigate the relationship of curly hair to the construction of black identity. From the notes made by them the concepts of race, racism, identity, aesthetics and black aesthetics were discussed and how this hiatus impacts on their subjectivity and perception of their respective identities. It was reached the understanding that as a result of the structural racism that inferiorizes the black beauty, the women did not recognize themselves as black before going through the hair transition and the resignification of their curly hair.