Intersectionality in a sacrifice zone of capital: the experience of black women, quilombolas and gleaners, on Ilha de Maré, in Todos os Santos Bay, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil¹

Abstract

This article, based on an empirical research project, aims to analyze, from an intersectional perspective, how Black women, quilombolas and gleaners, from two communities on Ilha de Maré (in Todos os Santos Bay, Salvador, Bahia) have been affected with the occupation of their territory by a petroleum supply chain. Understanding the complexity of the experience that these women have come up against in the territory where they live, due to a context of environmental conflict, may only be achieved by considering the intersectionality of race, gender, and class, and through what we have termed as a way of life linked to the environment.

Keywords:
Intersectionality; Gender; Gleaners; Environmental conflict; Petroleum supply chain; Racism; Ilha de Maré