Uma leitura interseccional da subjetividade em Garota, mulher, outras, de Bernardine Evaristo
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Garota, mulher, outras foi o primeiro romance de Bernardine Evaristo traduzido e publicado no Brasil. O objetivo deste trabalho é discutir a respeito das personagens e suas subjetividades interseccionando gênero, raça, classe e sexualidade. Para tanto, retomamos o histórico do desenvolvimento do conceito de interseccionalidade antes mesmo de ser cunhado (COLLINS & BILGE, 2020), e situamos os debates sobre identidade em contato com as questões diaspóricas (HALL, 2003; 2005). Nos baseamos principalmente em Judith Butler (2010) que, ao propor o gênero como uma performance, abriu uma série de discussões a respeito da subjetividade gendrada. Assim, foi possível debater as identidades de Amma enquanto mulher negra, lésbica e ativista; a de Nzinga, enquanto dominadora em um relacionamento lésbico; e a de Bummi, atravessada por diversas vivências relacionadas à colonialidade. Outras filósofas e pensadoras como Adrienne Rich, Monique Wittig e Françoise Vergès também foram essenciais para o desenvolvimento dessa pesquisa. Pudemos concluir que no romance de Evaristo as subjetividades das personagens oferecem uma representação quase inédita na ficção literária, por tratar de personagens que ultrapassam os estereótipos a respeito da feminilidade e da negritude. Palavras-chave: Garota, mulher, outras; Bernardine Evaristo; estudos feministas; identidade; lesbianidade.
Girl, Woman, Other (2019) was Bernardine Evaristo’s first novel translated and published in Brazil. The aim of this work is to discuss the characters’ subjectivities in an intersection between gender, race, class and sexuality. To do so, we went back to the history of the development of the idea of intersectionality before it was even coined (COLLINS & BILGE, 2020), and we placed the debates over identity in a diasporic context (HALL, 2003; 2005). Judith Butler (2010) and her idea of performativity of gender was what mainly guided our work, because it opened up the discussions over gendered subjectivity to a series of questions. Therefore, it was possible to analyze the identity of the characters Amma, a black lesbian woman and activist; Nzinga’s, a dominator in a lesbian relationship; and Bummi’s, whose life experiences were deeply influenced by coloniality. Other philosophers and thinkers such as Adrienne Rich, Monique Wittig and Françoise Vergès were also of great importance to the development of this research. What we were able to conclude with this work is that in Evaristo’s novel, the character’s subjectivity represents an almost unpublished one in literary fiction, for it is about characters that go beyond stereotypes of femininity and black identity. Keywords: Girl, woman, other; Bernardine Evaristo; feminist studies; identity; lesbian.
Girl, Woman, Other (2019) was Bernardine Evaristo’s first novel translated and published in Brazil. The aim of this work is to discuss the characters’ subjectivities in an intersection between gender, race, class and sexuality. To do so, we went back to the history of the development of the idea of intersectionality before it was even coined (COLLINS & BILGE, 2020), and we placed the debates over identity in a diasporic context (HALL, 2003; 2005). Judith Butler (2010) and her idea of performativity of gender was what mainly guided our work, because it opened up the discussions over gendered subjectivity to a series of questions. Therefore, it was possible to analyze the identity of the characters Amma, a black lesbian woman and activist; Nzinga’s, a dominator in a lesbian relationship; and Bummi’s, whose life experiences were deeply influenced by coloniality. Other philosophers and thinkers such as Adrienne Rich, Monique Wittig and Françoise Vergès were also of great importance to the development of this research. What we were able to conclude with this work is that in Evaristo’s novel, the character’s subjectivity represents an almost unpublished one in literary fiction, for it is about characters that go beyond stereotypes of femininity and black identity. Keywords: Girl, woman, other; Bernardine Evaristo; feminist studies; identity; lesbian.
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TÔRRES, Laura Cabral. Uma leitura interseccional da subjetividade em Garota, mulher, outras, de Bernardine Evaristo. 2024. 89 f. Dissertação (Mestrado em Letras) - Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa. 2024.
