Maternagens na diáspora Amefricana: resistência e liminaridade em amada, compaixão e um defeito de cor

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Autor(a) principal: Silva, Danielle de Luna e
Data de Publicação: 2017
Tipo de documento: Tese
Idioma: por
Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFPB
Texto Completo: https://repositorio.ufpb.br/jspui/handle/123456789/11928
Resumo: This research aims at analyzing, from a transnational and historical perspective, mothering practices in Beloved, A Mercy and Um defeito de cor as acts of resistance against the objectification and appropriation of the black female body by the institution of slavery in the United States and in Brazil. These novels written by Toni Morrison (Beloved and A Mercy) and Ana Maria Gonçalves (Um defeito de cor) can be considered as part of the genre known as neo-slave narratives or contemporary narratives of slavery, fictional texts that revisit and recreate the first slave narratives. Widely popular in the 18th century, these texts written by formerly enslaved men and women, sometimes with the help of an amanuensis, presented their stories about the experience of life under slavery. Less concerned with the accurate reproduction of historical facts, Gonçalves and Morrison give voice to the “interior life” of their characters, enslaved women who resort to different strategies in order to resist a system which aimed at their commodification. Thus, these texts present new paradigms of black mothering in the Amefrican Diaspora, depicting mothering as means of bonding with the community and of female empowerment. These narratives emphasize the struggle mothers experience to preserve and protect their children, in line with what is proposed by Patricia Hill Collins and Andrea O’Reilly regarding the specificities of black motherhood/mothering. Moreover, a strong presence of African religious and cultural practices can be observed in these novels, which permeate and have an impact on the relationship between mothers and their children, justifying the use of the term Amefrican, which connects America and Africa in a transnational context. Abikus and Ogbanjes, children with strong connections with the world of spirits, and Ibejis, twins, are interpreted here as liminal beings which enact not only potential ruptures, but also (re)connections between mothers and their children, and between Africans and their descendants in the Black Diaspora and the African continent. Therefore, the association between mothering and resistance, as well as the discussion about the fluid borders between the world of the living and of spirits, between Africa and America, guided our analysis of the three novels, which indicate alternative paths, fictionally construed, in which empowering is seen as a result of blood, cultural and religious connections.
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spelling Maternagens na diáspora Amefricana: resistência e liminaridade em amada, compaixão e um defeito de corMaternagemDiáspora AmefricanaToni MorrisonAna Maria GonçalvesNeo - slave narrativesMotheringAmefrican diasporaToni MorrisonAna Maria GonçalvesNeo-slave narrativesCNPQ::LINGUISTICA, LETRAS E ARTES::LETRASThis research aims at analyzing, from a transnational and historical perspective, mothering practices in Beloved, A Mercy and Um defeito de cor as acts of resistance against the objectification and appropriation of the black female body by the institution of slavery in the United States and in Brazil. These novels written by Toni Morrison (Beloved and A Mercy) and Ana Maria Gonçalves (Um defeito de cor) can be considered as part of the genre known as neo-slave narratives or contemporary narratives of slavery, fictional texts that revisit and recreate the first slave narratives. Widely popular in the 18th century, these texts written by formerly enslaved men and women, sometimes with the help of an amanuensis, presented their stories about the experience of life under slavery. Less concerned with the accurate reproduction of historical facts, Gonçalves and Morrison give voice to the “interior life” of their characters, enslaved women who resort to different strategies in order to resist a system which aimed at their commodification. Thus, these texts present new paradigms of black mothering in the Amefrican Diaspora, depicting mothering as means of bonding with the community and of female empowerment. These narratives emphasize the struggle mothers experience to preserve and protect their children, in line with what is proposed by Patricia Hill Collins and Andrea O’Reilly regarding the specificities of black motherhood/mothering. Moreover, a strong presence of African religious and cultural practices can be observed in these novels, which permeate and have an impact on the relationship between mothers and their children, justifying the use of the term Amefrican, which connects America and Africa in a transnational context. Abikus and Ogbanjes, children with strong connections with the world of spirits, and Ibejis, twins, are interpreted here as liminal beings which enact not only potential ruptures, but also (re)connections between mothers and their children, and between Africans and their descendants in the Black Diaspora and the African continent. Therefore, the association between mothering and resistance, as well as the discussion about the fluid borders between the world of the living and of spirits, between Africa and America, guided our analysis of the three novels, which indicate alternative paths, fictionally construed, in which empowering is seen as a result of blood, cultural and religious connections.Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPESEsta pesquisa tem como objetivo principal analisar a partir de uma perspectiva transnacional e histórica as práticas de maternagem presentes em Amada, Compaixão e Um defeito de cor como atos de resistência à objetificação e apropriação dos corpos femininos negros nos Estados Unidos e no Brasil pela instituição da escravidão. Tanto os romances escritos por Toni Morrison (Amada e Compaixão) quanto o de Ana Maria Gonçalves (Um defeito de cor) podem ser considerados como neo-slave narratives ou narrativas contemporâneas da escravidão, textos ficcionais que revisitam e recriam as primeiras slave narratives, amplamente disseminadas pelo movimento abolicionista na Inglaterra, França e Estados Unidos, no século XVIII, em que exescravizados/as apresentavam relatos, mediados ou não, sobre as experiências vivenciadas naquele contexto. Menos preocupadas com a reprodução de fatos históricos, Gonçalves e Morrison dão voz à “vida interior” de suas personagens, mulheres escravizadas, que recorrem a estratégias diversas para resistir a um sistema que visa reificá-las. As narrativas, dessa maneira, encenam novos paradigmas a respeito da maternagem negra no contexto da diáspora amefricana, representando-a como possibilidade de integração à comunidade e de empoderamento feminino, enfatizando, também, a luta destas mulheres para garantir a preservação e proteção de seus filhos, em consonância com o que apontam Patricia Hill Collins e Andrea O’Reilly a respeito das especificidades da maternidade/maternagens negras. Outrossim, percebe-se uma forte presença de práticas religiosas e culturais de matriz africana, que permeiam e influenciam as relações entre mães e filhos, o que justifica a utilização do termo amefricano, colocando América e África em contato nesse contexto transnacional. Os abikus e ogbanjes, crianças com forte conexão com o mundo dos espíritos, e os ibejis, gêmeos, são lidos como figuras liminares que encenam tanto a possibilidade de ruptura, quanto de (re)conexão entre mães e filhos e entre africanos e seus descendentes dispersos pela experiência da diáspora negra e seu continente de origem. Portanto, as conexões entre maternagem e resistência, a discussão das fronteiras entre o mundo dos vivos e dos espíritos, entre África e América são os caminhos que nortearam a análise dos três romances, indicando formas bastante alternativas, ficcionalmente construídas, nas quais o empoderamento se dá com base nos elos de sangue, de cultura e de religião.Universidade Federal da ParaíbaBrasilLetrasPrograma de Pós-Graduação em LetrasUFPBSchneider, Lianehttp://lattes.cnpq.br/9622374398712500Silva, Danielle de Luna e2018-10-08T18:56:28Z2018-10-082018-10-08T18:56:28Z2017-08-18info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesishttps://repositorio.ufpb.br/jspui/handle/123456789/11928porinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFPBinstname:Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB)instacron:UFPB2018-10-08T18:56:28Zoai:repositorio.ufpb.br:123456789/11928Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertaçõeshttps://repositorio.ufpb.br/PUBhttp://tede.biblioteca.ufpb.br:8080/oai/requestdiretoria@ufpb.br|| diretoria@ufpb.bropendoar:2018-10-08T18:56:28Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFPB - Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Maternagens na diáspora Amefricana: resistência e liminaridade em amada, compaixão e um defeito de cor
title Maternagens na diáspora Amefricana: resistência e liminaridade em amada, compaixão e um defeito de cor
spellingShingle Maternagens na diáspora Amefricana: resistência e liminaridade em amada, compaixão e um defeito de cor
Silva, Danielle de Luna e
Maternagem
Diáspora Amefricana
Toni Morrison
Ana Maria Gonçalves
Neo - slave narratives
Mothering
Amefrican diaspora
Toni Morrison
Ana Maria Gonçalves
Neo-slave narratives
CNPQ::LINGUISTICA, LETRAS E ARTES::LETRAS
title_short Maternagens na diáspora Amefricana: resistência e liminaridade em amada, compaixão e um defeito de cor
title_full Maternagens na diáspora Amefricana: resistência e liminaridade em amada, compaixão e um defeito de cor
title_fullStr Maternagens na diáspora Amefricana: resistência e liminaridade em amada, compaixão e um defeito de cor
title_full_unstemmed Maternagens na diáspora Amefricana: resistência e liminaridade em amada, compaixão e um defeito de cor
title_sort Maternagens na diáspora Amefricana: resistência e liminaridade em amada, compaixão e um defeito de cor
author Silva, Danielle de Luna e
author_facet Silva, Danielle de Luna e
author_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Schneider, Liane
http://lattes.cnpq.br/9622374398712500
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Silva, Danielle de Luna e
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Maternagem
Diáspora Amefricana
Toni Morrison
Ana Maria Gonçalves
Neo - slave narratives
Mothering
Amefrican diaspora
Toni Morrison
Ana Maria Gonçalves
Neo-slave narratives
CNPQ::LINGUISTICA, LETRAS E ARTES::LETRAS
topic Maternagem
Diáspora Amefricana
Toni Morrison
Ana Maria Gonçalves
Neo - slave narratives
Mothering
Amefrican diaspora
Toni Morrison
Ana Maria Gonçalves
Neo-slave narratives
CNPQ::LINGUISTICA, LETRAS E ARTES::LETRAS
description This research aims at analyzing, from a transnational and historical perspective, mothering practices in Beloved, A Mercy and Um defeito de cor as acts of resistance against the objectification and appropriation of the black female body by the institution of slavery in the United States and in Brazil. These novels written by Toni Morrison (Beloved and A Mercy) and Ana Maria Gonçalves (Um defeito de cor) can be considered as part of the genre known as neo-slave narratives or contemporary narratives of slavery, fictional texts that revisit and recreate the first slave narratives. Widely popular in the 18th century, these texts written by formerly enslaved men and women, sometimes with the help of an amanuensis, presented their stories about the experience of life under slavery. Less concerned with the accurate reproduction of historical facts, Gonçalves and Morrison give voice to the “interior life” of their characters, enslaved women who resort to different strategies in order to resist a system which aimed at their commodification. Thus, these texts present new paradigms of black mothering in the Amefrican Diaspora, depicting mothering as means of bonding with the community and of female empowerment. These narratives emphasize the struggle mothers experience to preserve and protect their children, in line with what is proposed by Patricia Hill Collins and Andrea O’Reilly regarding the specificities of black motherhood/mothering. Moreover, a strong presence of African religious and cultural practices can be observed in these novels, which permeate and have an impact on the relationship between mothers and their children, justifying the use of the term Amefrican, which connects America and Africa in a transnational context. Abikus and Ogbanjes, children with strong connections with the world of spirits, and Ibejis, twins, are interpreted here as liminal beings which enact not only potential ruptures, but also (re)connections between mothers and their children, and between Africans and their descendants in the Black Diaspora and the African continent. Therefore, the association between mothering and resistance, as well as the discussion about the fluid borders between the world of the living and of spirits, between Africa and America, guided our analysis of the three novels, which indicate alternative paths, fictionally construed, in which empowering is seen as a result of blood, cultural and religious connections.
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