Slave Women Sexuality In Brazil

Politicization of Slave Women Sexuality in Brazil
Politicization is the view of either economic, social, spiritual, theological, legal or even scientific issue in a political perspective that is as a result of deliberate action in which individuals turn out to be politically active in such an issue (Burdick, 2013, p8). Politicization of women, therefore, means that women are looked at in a way that portrays their political influence. In the movie Xica da Silva, the politicization of women is evident through looking at the woman Xica da Silva who was a slave but rose to political power over the whites. This essay focuses on how it was possible for such a slave woman to ascend to power even with the harsh treatment that colonialist exercised

It tackles mostly slavery and the way to freedom. At that time, the Portuguese were the colonial masters and opened a contract system for the extraction of rich minerals like diamonds and precious stones. It is these contracts that assured domination over the Portuguese to choose Kings. The most famous and a holder of success in the diamond extraction at that time was Joao Fernandes (Corrêa & Khanna, 2015, p77). Joao used corrupt systems of extractions which led to the discovery of rich and new beds of minerals which led to the accumulation of wealth which was close enough to rival the Portuguese crown. The wealth together with the consequent power was perceived to be threatening to the crown, and this led to Joao's eviction from the mines to return to Lisbon. It is Lisbon where Joao met the slave woman Xica da Silva and made her rise to fame

Just like the father, Jose takes sexual gain over Xica. This portrays Xica as having specific hidden gift which accords her some uniqueness in the region (Dennison, 2016, p22). Xica having identified that herself, the rise to political power is based on that trait which Xica uses as a prowess. This reveals the depression of racist and sexist approach of the predicaments that black women faced in early Brazilian society. As a woman, Xica sees an opportunity to use this ability to try and rise to power.
Xica is taken as an object of desire for most of the high marked officials in the region. First, Xica attracts Joao's attention which makes him purchase Xica da Silva after Xica intentionally exposes part of the body in a meeting. Xica uses this opportunity to take control of Joao even with the use of sexual satisfaction since for slaves, the only possession they have is their body (Marcus, 2013, p1288). For this reason, Xica exercises the control of men through her body and to be famous Xica creates a relationship with almost all the supreme leaders of the