“Nós que fazemos o reggae, somos abandonadas pelo sistema...!”: mulheres negras que fazem a música reggae em Salvador/Bahia.

Abstract

This master's thesis brings to the center of the debate the role of black women, singers, composers and producers of reggae in Salvador, Bahia. The objective of this research is to know what this style of reggae music represents in the lives of these women, what their actions, demands and questions are, issues addressed in their compositions and what their work means, from their intersectionality as gender, race, sexualities, social class and generation. The theoretical-methodological paths are given by qualitative research with semi-open interview, participatory action research, fieldwork with participant observation and the virtual ethnography that gained prominence in the course of writing, since the field work was interrupted at the beginning of March 2020 due to the need for social isolation due to the pandemic context established by COVID-19. My research is located in Ethnomusicology, and I will bring the Brazilian Ethnomusicology, collaborative with all the people involved, from the interaction between the anti-colonialist, critical and feminist pedagogies that were brought by bell hooks. In order to contemplate experiences non-white women, black women, lesbians, peripheral women, mothers and other social markers. I will point out ways for a feminist, anti-racist and LGBTQIA + Ethnomusicology and dialogue with the epistemologies of black and decolonial feminism.