Banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO: SEBASTIÃO GENICARLOS DOS SANTOS

Uma banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO de DOUTORADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : SEBASTIÃO GENICARLOS DOS SANTOS
DATE: 22/03/2024
TIME: 14:00
LOCAL: PGH/UFRPE
TITLE:

People of black skin: historical and cultural experiences of the black population in Seridó/RN (18th and 19th centuries)

KEY WORDS:

Seridó; African-origin population; Atlantic World; Cultural and political processes; Social relationships

PAGES: 95
BIG AREA: Ciências Humanas
AREA: História
SUBÁREA: História do Brasil
SPECIALTY: História do Brasil Colônia
SUMMARY:

In this thesis, we intend to address the insertion of the population of African origin in the sertanejo space known as Seridó, located on the threshold of the captaincies of Rio Grande do Norte and Paraíba, between 1720 and 1888. The research subjects are considered here in a comprehensive way, that is , our interest falls on captives, free and liberated. We seek to deepen knowledge about the researched group, breaking with stereotypical or ill-founded views that are related to a triple stigmatization: insignificant number of people of African descent in the region, passivity of captives and other people identified as black, almost exclusive to Lusitanians and their descendants in the cultural and political configuration of Seridó. In this sense, the extended chronological cut is justified by covering the moment in which the region definitively gained colonial features, through the economic and social transformations that occurred over time, until the withering away of the slavery system, which provided new parameters of stigmatization and hierarchization. Social. We do not fail to consider connections with neighboring regions and other spaces in the “Atlantic World”, as well as defending the idea that the experiences of women and men of African descent in pre-republican Seridó have specificities that still lack be elucidated, in addition to having significantly contributed to the construction of the region as a stage for social, cultural and political relations. Therefore, the central point of this work is the understanding of how Africans and their descendants, who experienced life in the place in question, were able to resist an oppressive context and build life expectations. Thus, we put to the test the hypothesis of those subjects and groups as colonizers and not as a passive mass of workers. In this way, we hope to contribute to a better understanding of the historical processes in which the population of Seridó participated, especially those identified as black.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Presidente - GUSTAVO ACIOLI LOPES
Interno - ***.618.604-** - GIAN CARLO DE MELO SILVA - UFAL
Externa à Instituição - SOLANGE PEREIRA DA ROCHA - UFPB