Oppression and resistance

representations of urban space in contemporary literary narratives

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https://doi.org/10.9771/peri.v1i18.47574

Abstract

The discussion aims to address literary representations of urban space and the relations of oppression and resistance that permeate the city. For this, two literary productions were selected to highlight dissident urban narratives. The autobiographical account written by Amara Moira, in E se eu fosse puta, alongside the collection of short stories entitled O sol na Cabeça, by Geovani Martins, are literary productions whose expressions allows us to verify striking representations of urban space, its contradictions, and antagonisms. Understanding the literary construction of these authors from a decentered perspective, in this sense, engenders subversive approaches that star in insurgent peripheral performances. Thematizing and problematizing these works, therefore, makes it possible to rethink the division of spaces, the unequal relationships that permeate the city, and the possible strategies of resistance and subversion that work for the democratization of spaces.

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Leandro Souza Borges Silva, Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA)

Doutorando em Literatura e Cultura pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Literatura e Cultura, da Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA), atuando na linha de pesquisa Estudos de teorias e representações literárias e culturais. Se encontra no início de pesquisa intitulada (Auto)biografias a contrapelo: Subjetividades transgêneros e desobediência epistêmica. Possui mestrado pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Letras: Linguagens e Representações (PPGL), da Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz (UESC), onde desenvolveu pesquisa acadêmica com enfoque em representações (auto)biográficas do urbano, com atenção às configurações transviadas na literatura e à Literatura Marginal/Periférica. Concluiu especialização em Literatura Contemporânea pelo Centro Universitário Brazcubas. É graduado em Letras com habilitação em Língua Portuguesa e suas Literaturas e Língua Inglesa e suas Literaturas pela Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz (UESC).

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1856-0367
Arte da capa: Euclides Rocha Cavalcante Neto

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Published

2023-01-16

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Souza Borges Silva, L. (2023). Oppression and resistance: representations of urban space in contemporary literary narratives. Revista Periódicus, 1(18), 251–265. https://doi.org/10.9771/peri.v1i18.47574

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Vol. 1 No. 18 (2022): Dissident Territorialities and (in) Urban Narratives

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