Violence against quilombola women: An insight on the use of an intersectional perspective in the light of the idea of subaltern counterpublic by Fraser

Abstract

This paper investigates the relationship between the idea of subaltern counterpublic and the adoption of an intersectional perspective in the establishment of public policies aimed at combating violence against quilombola women in the light of the Nancy Fraser's Theory of Justice, which focuses on gender, race and sex. The research is relevant and justified, as statistical data reveal considerable percentage of murders committed against quilombola women with cruelties, with the majority of the victims being women who play political leadership roles in the community. The lack of researches on violence against quilombola women legitimates the need for future studies on the topic. The work is original, as there are no academic researches about violence against quilombola women that correlate the theme of intersectionality and the idea of subaltern counterpublic. It is concluded that the counterpublics not only deconstruct asymmetries in the public sphere, but also control the effectiveness of an intersectional perspective in public policies to combat violence against quilombola women. As a result, it is argued that quilombola women must transcend the perspective of passive victims of cross-oppression and understand themselves as political subjects engaged in networks of counterpublics. The research technique is the indirect documentation (bibliographic investigation). The documentary research (indirect documentation) is also used through indirect data collection which focuses on primary statistical sources. The paper uses Fraser's historical-analytical method.