Insubmissas lágrimas de mulheres: reivindicação e afirmação da subjetividade negra feminina

Abstract

This study aims to explore the female narratives and voices in the work Insubmissas Lágrimas de Mulheres (2016) by Conceição Evaristo, with an emphasis on the construction of identity and resistance of Black women. Through female narrators, the analysis focuses on crucial themes such as memory, identity, oppression, and resistance that permeate the characters' trajectories. The research also investigates how these women confront racism, sexism, patriarchy, and machismo, highlighting the unique way in which Evaristo articulates these experiences through orality and escrevivência. These literary techniques lend authenticity to the characters' voices, while also preserving collective memory and strengthening the protagonism of Black women in Afro-Brazilian literature. Thus, the analysis underscores the transformative role of Evaristo's work in the literary scene, emphasizing her contribution to the deconstruction of oppressive paradigms and the valorization of stories of female resistance. For this purpose, we will draw upon the works of authors such as Saffioti (1987 and 2015), Hooks (2018 and 2019), Kilomba (2019), Duarte (2018), Oliveira (2019), among others, to support the themes addressed in Evaristo's stories.