BETWEEN REAL AND PROJECTED IMAGES

REFRAMING THE STATUS OF BLACK WOMEN

Abstract

Our understanding of the socio-cultural world is based on the private orbit, and the lenses through which we observe the world are structurally and systemically adjusted. This provokes a dialogue between images and the imaginary, the product of a sociological representation that constructs the gazes that lead to choices, determine the rules that govern, establish relational patterns and shape behavioral perceptions. In this sense, this article aims to reflect on the social experience of black women, the impact of images of control and symbolic violence, in order to connect the historical and biographical context to the interpretative dimension. To this end, we have used a bibliographical survey with the intersection of the thinking of black intellectuals Lélia González, Patricia Hill Collins and Grada Kilomba, and the concept of sociological imagination developed by Wright Mills, which addresses an analytical practice of the individual thought matrix and the construction of collective social perception. In this way, we will emphasize the need to investigate the complex connection between history, the social framework and the daily lives of black women.