Transição capilar no Instagram: violência simbólica contra mulheres negras através do cabelo liso como padrão de beleza

Abstract

This work aims to analyze how Instagram helps black women to face the transition process and how symbolic violence is inserted in the beauty pattern of straight hair. For that, it is necessary that we understand what is symbolic violence and how it is established in our society. When talking about a search for support that black women do on Instagram during the transition period, we need to talk about feminism and its importance. We will deal with non-general feminism and black feminism, showing how the latter is relevant and need to be on the agenda. To verify how the symbolic violence that black women face using the imposed standard of hair or straight hair is accepted, a data collection was carried out using the Export Gram platform, which were the comments extracted from two publications of the two profiles chosen for the research, through the method of analysis of meaning production. With the analysis it became evident the symbolic violence that black women face of society imposing straight hair as the accepted aesthetic standard. It was noticed that the number of profiles dealing with the subject of capillary transition and normalizing it has been growing in the Instagram social network and gradually inserting itself in the traditional media and communication media, providing a place and a voice for black women and their curly hair.