SERFDOM AND/OR RESISTANCE?

SOCIETY, HAIR, SUBJECTIVITY AND HAIR TRANSITION PROCESS

Abstract

This work reflects on the Brazilian historical and sociocultural context, taking a critical look at the
reason that leads women with not straight hair to depreciate and submit their hair to chemical
straightening processes. The objective of the study was to understand how the hair transition
contributed to the power of these women to act towards freedom of choice about the shape of their own hair. This was an exploratory, qualitative and documentary research and for data collection we used videos published on the Youtube platform by two women who underwent straightening and hair transition. Discourse analysis was performed based on cultural-historical psychology. The analyzes showed that, although there is an aesthetic supremacy, it is possible to perceive the recognition of the
place they occupy in a racialized or ethnic group, when they make a capillary transition.