Black Women and the Intersection of Race, Gender, and Class: Manicoloniality and the Raciality Device in the Health-Illness Process within the Psychosocial Care Network (RAPS)

• Grant number: 24/21494-6
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: May 01, 2025
• End date: December 31, 2025
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Psychology - Psychological Treatment and Prevention
• Principal Investigator: Paulo Vitor Palma Navasconi
• Grantee: Késia Alves de Souza Silva
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Ciências e Letras (FCL-ASSIS). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Assis. Assis , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This qualitative-exploratory research aims to analyze how the intersections of race, gender, and class are understood in the health-illness process of Black women within the Psychosocial Care Network (RAPS) in the city of Assis. To achieve this, after a bibliographic review on the topic, the narratives of interviewed health professionals will be mapped, investigating how the health-illness process and health care for Black women are manifested, taking into account the intersections of race, class, and gender. Additionally, it seeks to identify the understanding of the importance of intersectional care for Black women, highlighting possible presences or absences of manicoloniality in health discourses and practices, and discussing the psychosocial effects of racism on the health of Black women. With this project, we hope to carry out a deeper analysis of intersectionality as a tool for care, as opposed to the effects of manicoloniality and the racialization device in Health Care.