Caminhos de Èṣù para um candomblé contracolonial: gêneros, raças e sexualidades insurgentes

Abstract

African-based religions have been subjected, since their formation until 11rocess times, to colonization relations, which is why I intend to analyze, in the light of the 11rocess of decolonization of knowledge/power/being/gender, of black and intersectional feminisms, of queer studies and transfeminist studies, as the colonial 11rocess focused on two main aspects that are interconnected: the demonization of the orixá Èsù, as well as the understanding of gender, race and sexuality relations in the Traditional Communities of Terreiros. At the same time, the thesis also highlights how Èsù resisted colonization processes and how this has a direct relationship with issues of gender, races and sexualities. Thus, the thesis intends to analyze the narratives surrounding the figure of Orisa Èsù while interpreting sexual and gender dissent and racial perspectives as actions to confront the cisheteronormativities and 11rocess 11rocesso in our terreiro communities, these constituted from the norms Judeo-Christian colonials. The intention is to promote resistance in terreiro communities, which points to the existence of a process to change mentalities in these sacred territories, which we propose to call ® Anticolonial Candomblé. The analysis took place in Candomblé terreiros, in the city of Salvador, Metropolitan Region of Salvador, and in the city of Suzano (Metropolitan Region of the State of São Paulo), and sought to understand the relationships of continuity/rupture/resistance that Afro religious cults maintain with colonization. The field research, of a qualitative nature, includes individual interviews, observant participation in liturgical moments in communities of African origin, in addition to the analysis of training audiovisual materials, displayed on the social networks (Youtube and Instagram) of the leaders who form the dialogue of this thesis , in order to understand, through these terreiro leaders, how colonial norms have been questioned, especially regarding genders, races and sexualities, in addition to how these leaders promote the 11rocesso f changing mentalities in their communities.