THE IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION OF THE BLACK FEMALE SELF THROUGH ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE
NATURE IN PONCIÁ VICÊNCIO, BY CONCEIÇAO EVARISTO: AN ECOFEMINIST VIEW
Black feminism, ecofeminism, black woman, Ponciá Vicêncio.
The human relationship with nature is an ancient practice and this affinity is even deeper between women and the environment in which they live, as both are generators of life and commonly delegated to the place of subalternity. The present study aimed to bring in the work Ponciá Vicêncio, by Conceição Evaristo, an analysis of the mythical and cultural relationship that exists between the black female characters with the elements of nature and, in the same way, to evaluate the importance that women have in the preservation of customs and culture of its people through an Ecofeminist perspective. Some paths taken for the proposed analysis were to identify the relationship between woman and nature in that work, later to measure what this link can infer in the construction of Afro identity and appreciation of the culture of the black people in the work. For that, the bibliographic research was used as a method for data collection, through the study raised in the theoretical reference on the origin and contributions of Ecofeminism, we bring as main theorists of ecofeminist studies, Ynestra King (1989), Vandana Shiva (1993), Françoise d'Eaubonne (1980), Karem Warrem (2000), Mary Mellor (2000), for literary analysis.