WOMEN IN MAMULENGO, TRANSFORMING THE PREJUDICE

• Autor(a) principal: Benatti, Barbara Duarte
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Arte da Cena
• Texto Completo: https://revistas.ufg.br/artce/article/view/62195

This article is an excerpt from a fieldwork developed in 2017, during the master's degree in the Postgraduate Program in Performing Arts (PPG-CEN) at the University of Brasília (UnB). This research aimed to investigate the new generations of mamulengueira’s women in the city of Glória de Goitá, in Pernambuco. Mamulengo is a popular form of puppet theater and, as an oral tradition, is constantly being updated by its producers. With an intense public participation, the shows also contribute to the strengthening of the identity of that people, as they lend their stage for reflection and dialogue on the values, desires and individual and collective experiences. Therefore, a dynamic and continuous relationship is established in which the Mamulengo tradition and culture mutually influence each other. Considering this perspective and starting from the hypothesis that the insertion of women in an environment traditionally dominated by men, such as Mamulengo, opens space for new perspectives and paradigms, especially around the female universe. This article raises the following questions: how the playful women of the new generation resignify and re-elaborate the Mamulengo tradition, how is the reception of the shows produced by them and how they deal with prejudice.