Book, Becoming black or the vicissitudes of black identity br[LS]

Language: Brazilian Portuguese. A poignant, intense and current work — but forgotten for a long time — Becoming Black became a landmark in Brazil when discussing the psychic effects of racism on the identity of black people. With a new preface by Maria Lúcia da Silva, in addition to the preface by Jurandir Freire Costa to the original edition, this volume also features unpublished texts by Neusa Santos Souza. Originally published in 1983, Becoming Black was a pioneer in connecting psychoanalysis with the issue of race. In an innovative and powerful way, psychiatrist and psychoanalyst Neusa Santos Souza dedicated an academic study to the emotional lives of black men and women, justified by the absolute absence of a discourse at this level elaborated by black people about themselves. Starting from her own experience of being black in a society of white hegemony, Neusa analyzes a series of statements given to her, highlighting in them the brutal consequences of racism and the introjection of the white standard as the only path to social mobility for black people. They are life stories of ten characters who define themselves and talk about strategies for ascension, whose emotional cost is the subjection, denial and erasure of their identities, their culture and their bodies. A brilliant intellectual, Neusa Santos Souza left an immense contribution to the black movement and psychoanalytic practice. Reedit Becoming black means rekindling your legacy, keeping your memory alive.