FROM LIMA BARRETO TO ISAÍAS CAMINHA

o boicote a efabulação racial do utamawaso brasileiro

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35520/metamorfoses.2024.v21n2a62933

Abstract

This study  aims to analyze, using an Afrocentric epistemological approach, the reception, rupture and impact that the work, Recordações do Escrivão Isaías Caminha, by Lima Barreto had on Brazilian utamawazo (ANI, 1997), an unreflective cultural manifestation of a people. It is therefore a priority to scrutinize Western assumptions about race and racism and how such conceptions affected the criticism of Barrett's production. Furthermore, it shows how Lima Barreto used his critical sense and his militant and resistant writing (BOSI, 2002) to expose the racism of his time, preceding in written form the exemplification of important concepts such as becoming black in Neuza Souza (1983) and cordial racism.

Author Biographies

Itamara Alonso, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

Itamara Alonso, graduated in degree: Portuguese-Literature from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ); Currently, she is studying a specialization in Portuguese at Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF). Passionate about Brazilian literature, she seeks to disseminate Afrocentric epistemology in black-Brazilian literature.

Joao Camillo de Oliveira Penna, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

Full Professor (since 2019) of Literary Theory and Comparative Literature at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Faculty of Arts, in the Department of Literature Science. Bachelor's degree in Modern Literature at the University of Paris VIII Saint Denis-Vincennes (1982), Master's degree in Modern Literature - University of Paris VIII Saint Denis-Vincennes (1983) and Doctorate in Comparative Literature at the University of California, Berkeley (1993). Assistant Professor at the University of Washington in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures (1992 -1997). Visiting Professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara (1997-1998) and the University of California, Berkeley (2007). Post-doctorate at the University Paris Diderot-Paris VII (2012) and at the Laboratory for Gender and Sexuality Studies (LEGS) CNRS/Paris VIII Saint Denis-Vincennes, with a PVEX scholarship from Capes (2018-2019). Scientist of our State (FAPERJ, 2015-2018). 31 complete articles in a journal; 47 books/magazines/book chapters published/organized; 9 texts in newspapers and magazines; 127 work presentations; 14 translations (articles and volumes); 207 appearances on boards and final papers. Works in the area of literary theory, comparative literature, philosophy and cultural studies, working mainly on the following themes: Clarice Lispector, contemporary studies, new ontologies, gender theory, criticism of violence, theory of testimony, prison literature, Michel Foucault, Georges Bataille, Brazilian popular culture and music.

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Published

2025-01-16

Issue

Vol. 21 No. 2 (2024): O legado de Lima Barreto

Section

O legado de Lima Barreto

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