The victim who becomes seductive: the crime of kidnapping and rape based on the novel A vida em flor de Dona Bêja

• Autor(a) principal: Amarante Nascimento, Vinícius
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Outros Autores: Ribeiro Lopes de Almeida, Edwirgens Aparecida
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista odisséia
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufrn.br/odisseia/article/view/31559
• topic: Dona Beja; Rapto e Estupro; Representação; Literatura Brasileira; Dona Beja. Kidnapping and Rape. Representation. Brazilian Literature.

This research analyzed the literary representations about gender violence built on Dona Beja in the historical novel A vida em flor de Dona Bêja (1957) by the Minas Gerais writer Agripa Vasconcelos. The novel analyzed represents the 19th century, a historical moment marked by patriarchy, a social structure in which men hold power, authority and privileges, in this sociopolitical system subordination was expected from women, whether they are mothers, daughters or wives. In patriarchal society, an attempt at male domination over women can be seen, manifested through various forms of violence, which in the novel are expressed through the kidnapping and rape of the protagonist. In this way, from the novel A vida em flor de Dona Bêja, it is possible to rethink the inequalities that have been constituted throughout history between men and women.