Decolonial, black and unsubmissive feminist epistemology

Abstract

In this text we aim to present a review/analysis of the theoretical and methodological approaches towards feminism in recent years. We emphasize that the black feminist episthemology articulates theory, methodology and political practice aiming social transformation. The analysis which was carried out reveals a constant dialogue between Brazilian black feminism and African-American feminism, even though Brazilian publishing houses have only translated the black feminist contribution and discovered its comercial streak during the last five years. The popularization of the concept of intersectionality in Brazil is relatively recent for a concept that turned 30 years old, being currently the most used here to analyze possible interconnections between the categories of gender, race, social class, sexuality, generation, etc. It's important to highlight the significant growth of researches, books and academic articles produced by black women, as well as the raising dissemination of political ideas and reflections through the use of digital platforms, such as websites, blogs, Facebook, Instagram and Youtube. This movement, which some of its authors has defined as the fourth feminist wave, but which some black women prefer to call it the black feminist tide, has broadened the theoretical framework, including the contributions of African and African-diasporic authors, such as Oyèrónké Oyěwùmí (2017) and Grada Kilomba (2019). It recovered black contributions, particularly black women who were historically silenced, through epistmied practices, thus building a new black feminist epistemology.