DESCOLONIZANDO MENTES, INSUBORDINANDO CORPOS: A LITERATURA COMO ESTRATÉGIA DE COMBATE AO RACISMO.

Abstract

This Course Completion Work arises from a concern after reading the short stories, “METAMORPHOSE” by the author Geni Guimarães, as well as “METAMORPHOSE” by the author Cristiane Sobral, where I could see how important the use of literature as a strategic tool would be. In the process of combating racism, analyzing the decolonization of minds and insubordination of bodies, through them. The stories deal with different metamorphic processes. So that there is at the same time a plurality, as well as a singularity in which we can analyze the hegemonic narrative, the erasure of the roots that were mechanisms used to promote the racial violence that affects our society. Literature has the power to awaken the reader's critical sense, making them see the problems of the environment in which they are inserted and interfere in this environment in which they are surrounded, minimizing the harmful effects caused by racism, and thereby decolonizing minds and bodies . Given this, the main objective was to analyze the short stories: Metamorfoses, by Geni and Sobral and the decolonizing process and insubordination of the characters present in the text. The study is organized into two chapters: the one that follows this introduction, which has the title: Literature as a Strategy to Combat Racism and the second has the title: Positive Affirmation, Resistance and Representation of Black Gazes and to carry out this study, it was the type of bibliographical research was used, of the following works: Olhares Negros, Memórias da Plantação, Literatura Negra, Pele Negra, Máscaras Brancas and Metamorfoses in the project by Antonio da Costa Ciampa.