Interseccionalidade: entre privilégios e resistências na trajetória política de duas mulheres na Câmara Legislativa de Campina Grande

Abstract

This study aims to contextualize the intersections in female participation in Campina Grande- PB politics, investigating how this participation was constructed, conceived and legitimized amid practices and representations of power, considering social markers, such as gender, race and class. The analyzes focus on two women who worked in different contexts: one, daughter of a large landowner, updated by the politician Argemiro de Figueiredo, in a period marked by coronelist culture; the other, a black, feminist, anti-racist woman, from a less privileged social background, affiliated with a left-wing party and without ties to elitist families. In this study, we explore female participation in local politics, considering the social interactions that shape relationships and impact people's lives. Methodologically, we established a comparative analysis between Maria Dulce Barbosa, the first woman elected councilor in 1947, and Josilene Maria de Oliveira, the first black woman to hold a position in the Legislative Chamber, 73 years later. Our theoretical framework includes works by Carla Akotirene and Lélia Gonzalez for an approach to intersectionality; Maurice Halbwachs, who discusses social memory; and the contributions of Joana Pedro (2005), focusing on the cultural construction of gender roles. For a local political analysis, we use the works of Josué Sylvestre, who explores the period from 1947 to 1953, and Sousa (2005), who studies the lives of women in the streets and suburbs of Campina Grande in the 1930s and 1940s. Additionally , we integrated oral history, specifically Josilene Maria de Oliveira's conference in 2020, which offers a unique insight into her experience as a black woman in politics. KEYWORDS: