ENTRE BRUXARIA E JULGAMENTOS: Ancestralidade e resistência em Eu, Tituba — Bruxa Negra de Salém

Abstract

Postcolonial literature is capable of bringing up the problems left by the seizure of power of the underdeveloped countries by first world countries. The search to impose a different culture, causing people to be displaced and annihilated of their own existence to satisfy only one group of people, took place in several places in the world. One of those places was the town of Salem in 1692, where men and women were killed accused of witchcraft. However, only one woman survived the gallows, and her name was Tituba. Although she was the only survivor of this terrible event, her name was forgotten over the course of history. This woman's erasure was due to her being Afro-Caribbean. That's why, in this work, we sought, from the fictional historic work, I, Tituba — black witch of Salem, written by Maryse Condé, to make a record of Tituba's experiences regarding her sorrows and also her love. To that end, following a Cultural and postcolonial studies perspective, we used theory by scholars such as Silvia Federici (2019), Bill Ashcroft et al. (2002 and 2013), Frantz Fanon (2008), Thomas Bonicci (1998) and Maryse Condé (2020) herself. We analyze the protagonist's path in order to prove the use of resistance by connecting with her origins and her process of self-affirmation being helped by her ancestors.