The portrayal of black women on northeastern narrative poetry: 1896-1970: historical and sociocultural factors

• Grant number: 18/08975-4
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: October 01, 2018
• End date: February 28, 2022
• Field of knowledge: Linguistics, Literature and Arts - Literature - Brazilian Literature
• Principal Investigator: Francisco Claudio Alves Marques
• Grantee: Letícia Fernanda da Silva Oliveira
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Ciências e Letras (FCL-ASSIS). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Assis. Assis , SP, Brazil

Abstract

In the Northeastern narrative poetry, beyond impersonating ugliness and deformity, black women are frequently associated to the Devil's image. In literature such as cantoria and cordel produced between the end of the 19th century and the decade of 1970 of the 20th century, black women figure, mostly, in a negative manner, being constantly diminished and demonized. The rhymes and leaflets in which women impersonate the worldly evils are not uncommon, with women acting like a diabolic intercessor disturbing the order and moral in force. Particularly inside these cultural practices, such women represent opposite examples of morality, considering that they were born fated to serve as the contradiction of the true feminine behavior. In this research, we intend to analyze the several representations of black women on Cordel leaflets written in the above-mentioned period, as well as to investigate the historical and sociocultural factors that served as base for these representations. (AU)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

OLIVEIRA, Letícia Fernanda da Silva. Representation of Black women in the Northeastern narrative poetry – 1896-1970: Historical and sociocultural factors. 2022. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp). Faculdade de Ciências e Letras. Assis Assis.