Tecendo histórias e afetos: Um defeito de cor, de Ana Maria Gonçalves

Abstract

This Dissertation presents the crossroads of narratives present in the novel Um Defeito de Cor (2017), by Ana Maria Gonçalves, analyzing how the act of telling stories and the affection as a decolonial movement are mobilized by the author to build the perspective of a black woman, who experienced slavery, during the Brazilian 19th century. The hegemonic discourse of Brazilian history tends to silence the stories of enslaved people, silencing their voices. In an act of decolonial disobedience, the escrevivência of Ana Maria Gonçalves (re)tells a vision of the past, filling gaps and creating memories. The research is based on concepts such as coloniality (CÉSAIRE, [1955] 2020; LUGONES, 2020; KILOMBA, 2019), amefricanidade (GONZALEZ, [1988] 2018), intercultural translations (SALGUEIRO, 2012), necropolitics (MBEMBE, 2018) and epistemicide (CARNEIRO, 2005). The research is also anchored on texts on black feminism (DAVIS, [1981] 2016; hooks 2015, 2020), decolonial feminism (LUGONES, 2007, 2019; VERGÈS, 2020), escrevivência (EVARISTO, 2005, 2020), and affection as an analytical category (SILVA, 2011; hooks, 2021).