INTERSECTIONAL RESISTANCES IN AN AFRO-BRAZILIAN RELIGIOUS TEMPLE AT THE COUNTRYSIDE OF THE STATE OF CEARÁ, BRAZIL

Abstract

This article aims to analyze the resistance strategies of practitioners of the Umbanda afro-brazilian religion in the face of the intersection between the markers of poverty and race. It is based on a qualitative study that used the methodologies of participant observation and semi-structured interviews with adults who agreed to take part in the research. The results were analyzed using the Discourse Analysis methodology and revealed different forms of racial self-recognition and their relationship with religion, as well as perceptions of poverty. In addition, representations about poverty permeated by religious perspectives emerged, thus highlighting individual and collective practices as a way of confronting the devices of oppression inscribed in the daily lives of umbandistas in the city of Acarape, countryside of the northeast state of Ceará in Brazil.