Abstract
This article aims to understand the process of racial identification and belonging of light-skinned Black individuals through the analysis of artistic-cultural expressions and their subjective effects on their racialization. We chose to examine here the artistic-cultural expressions brought by the participants and the subjective effects on their self-identification as Black. Immersion in artistic-cultural practices, expressed through multiple dimensions of language in the performative body, can promote positive Black identity by constructing identifying images that stimulate other narratives about oneself, one's body, and one's blackness. Among the artistic-cultural expressions brought by the participants, the poetic Sopapo, Slam, and rap stand out as forms of aquilombamento through escrevivências, corpoemas, oralitura, and atrevivências. We can conclude that the aesthetic productions of blackness are essential to the process of becoming Black.
Keywords:
Art; Culture; Racial Relations; Blackness; Light-skinned Blacks