CONSTRUCTION OF IDENTITY WITHIN REMAINING QUILOMBOLA COMMUNITY IN TUCUM-BA

Abstract

This work searches comprehend the process of identity construction of remaining Quilombola of Tucum community, localized in Tanhaçu village, which obtained the certification of recognition by Fundação Palmares in December 13^th 2006. It is possible notice that this recognition interfered in the way of life of the community and that the identity, which is not fixed or immutable still expresses a process of permanent construction, and its senses are internal and external negotiated both by the way as the subjects appropriate themselves of the meaning of quilombola community and by the polysemy itself of this concept in their social and judicial expressions. Another aspect analyzed in the constitution of this community is regarded to the detached role of female leaders.