Race and gender as categories of geographical analysis: reflections from peasant and popular feminism

Abstract

This article is derived from the doctoral thesis, "Labor of Black Women: Latifundium, Race, and Patriarchy in the Sugarcane Zone of the Northeast," currently being developed within the Graduate Program in Human Geography at the University of São Paulo (PGH/USP). The research investigates labor relations in the northeastern sugarcane zone through the lenses of class, race, and gender, aiming to understand the integration and social recognition of black women's work in rural contexts. The study thus characterizes labor relations in this territory, focusing on the roles of rural women workers and the implications of their class, gender, and race conditions. The reflections presented herein stem from a literature review that explores how the intersections of race, class, and gender, combined with the latifundium structure, shape the development of capitalism in Brazil and how the resistance of black women in rural areas manifests, from the perspective of peasant and popular feminism.