A resistência silenciosa da negra Genoveva Pia na obra Os Tambores de São Luís de Josué Montello: uma análise sobre o processo de luta por liberdade de uma mulher negra e escrava

Abstract

This research reflects on <The silent resistance of the black woman Genoveva Pia= based on the work Os Tambores de São Luís by the writer Josué Montello. This literary analysis is based on the historical reality of the colonial period and the slave regime in Maranhão in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. As well as the issue of the fight for freedom of a black woman in a patriarchal, sexist and racist society. Having the figure of Genoveva Pia, a freed slave, vodúnsi and abolitionist as a contrast to the oppressive regime. The plot portrays the saga of the black man Damião and many other blacks who made up the slave scenario amidst the slave trade, suffering and injustices to which Africans were exposed. Thus, the chapters will observe and discuss the actions of women who to this day fight against gender and racial prejudice. The methodology used was bibliographic research, highlighting the theories of some scholars on the resistance of black women. It is hoped that through this study the reader will come to understand the silent struggles of black women as a means of survival.