Reflexões e perspectivas identitárias a partir da obra de José Zumba

Abstract

This research contributes to the discussion about confronting the prejudice and racist structure established by the system of invisibility and devaluation of Afro-Brazilian identity and culture, whose reading results in a source of knowledge about the positive image of AfroBrazilian identity and culture. Using Erwin Panofsky's Scientific Iconology Method. Which corresponds to the production of interpretations based on interviews and dialogues with authors from the fields of History, Sociology, Anthropology, among others; resulting in an information network for image readings. In this sense, this dissertation based on an image analysis method, the Iconological method, and the methodology is Iconology of the artistic work and José Zumba's life trajectory presents reflections and identity perspectives that allow us to understand identity, cultural and racial relations. for positive change about the image of black people in the arts and the appreciation of Afro-Brazilian artistic production. The research is structured in three base sections: the biography, the quilombo and the artist's formation. In the second section; the trajectories of black struggles, black religions and identity, the black political and religious movement. In the third section; the “Afro Alagoana” image, memories and black visibility. I present as conclusion the broadening of interpretation and knowledge about the artist and his works.