THE SPACIALITIES INSTITUTED BY YOUNG BLACK WOMEN IN AND THROUGH HIP HOP CULTURE IN LONDRINA (PR)

Abstract

This article aims to understand the spatialities instituted by young black women in their process of affirmation and negotiation of identity in and through Hip Hop culture in Londrina (PR). I intend to interpret the double movement carried out by young black women, considering that they negotiate their presence in Hip Hop spaces, in a context of male hegemony, and also have the possibility of establishing other spatialities in the urban space through culture, questioning the subalternization of black female bodies. The main methodologies adopted are fieldwork, participant observation and semistructured interviews with five young black hip hoppers. I conclude that the encounter with Hip Hop culture broadens young black women's experiences of space, as well as challenging the male hegemony of culture, making Hip Hop and city spaces more democratic and transforming culture itself, building a feminist Hip Hop in Londrina.