Place of Black Women in a Colonial-Modern-Racist Society:

Geography Perspective

Abstract

In Brazil, women, including black women, have not yet completely freed themselves from the patriarchalism’s influences that has guided their historical-territorial formation process under the parameters of the colonial-modern-racist regime. However, they never remained silent and always fought in order to gain their place in Brazilian society, through their leading role in the producing urban space. For this reason, our main objective is to reflect on the place of black women in Brazilian society, through actions carried out in the neighborhood, in urban agriculture and in the terreiros. Within the scope of the critical method of approaching the historical-territorial dimension of women's place in Brazilian society, we opted for the following procedural methods: bibliographical review, experiences of territory using of female protagonism and discussion and reflection on theoretical and empirical findings. We demonstrate, in the end, that, through their leading actions, women remain firm and strong in the fight to conquer their true place in Brazilian society.