Cultura dos desejos e liberdade dos prazeres: regimes de amizade homoerótica masculina na ficção de Caio Fernando de Abreu

Abstract

One of the main objectives of our doctoral research project is to problematize several aspects related to masculine friendship (as understood by Foucault, mainly in his last works such as Da amizade como modo de vida, 2010 ) in four short stories by Caio Fernando Abreu. The analysed short stories were written between 1970 1982 as part of Abreu s first published book, Inventário do Irremediável (1970) going up to Morangos mofados (1982), the latter a text taken as a mark of the author s positive recognition by critics and public in general. The specific short narratives chosen to compose our corpus Madrugada (1970), O afogado (1975), Uma história de borboletas (1977) e Aqueles dois (1982) make us consider textuality as a space for ficcional representation, questioning heteronormative systems and homophobia in general, while bringing to light strategies of resistance and reinvention of masculinities. We have stressed the contradictions and unsolved topics emerging from each narrative, as well as problematic and promising topics related to homoerotic masculine friendship, here taken as means of cultural interventions in which new arrangements and relational possibilities look for recognition.