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Processes of Resistance and Emancipation of the Reader-Spectator-Listener in the Fight Against Structural Racism: Conceição Evaristo’s Escrevivência in Action

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: ABSTRACT This study1 examines the processes of resistance and emancipation present in the works of Brazilian writer Conceição Evaristo, specifically in her concept of escrevivência [writing lived experience], and how readings of her work can be important for confronting structural racism. The research starts from the premise that literature can be a powerful tool in the fight against racism and in promoting racial equality, with the reader-spectator-listener playing a fundamental role in this struggle. Through an interdisciplinary approach combining literary studies, sociology, and critical race theory, we analyze how Evaristo’s escrevivência invites this reader-spectator-listener towards possible emancipation. Our analysis shows that Evaristo’s “escrevivência” allows black readers, spectators, and listeners to see themselves authentically and valuedly represented in her Afro-diasporic literature.

Source: Bakhtiniana Revista de Estudos do Discurso

DOI: 10.1590/2176-4573e66711

Authors: Adrielly da Silva Gomes, André Luís de Araújo, Maria de Fátima Vilar de Melo

Institutions: Universidade Católica de Pernambuco, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro

Language: English

Topic: Literature, Culture, and Criticism

Subfield: Literature and Literary Theory

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: diamond

Funder: Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior