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Year:: 2020
Contributor:: Paula, Leonora S. (author)
Genre:: articles
Subject:: Memory in literature; Blacks > Brazil; Evaristo, Conceição > 1946-
Extent:: pp. 194-210
DOI: https://doi.org/10.26300/wz18-xx57

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Abstract:: In this article, I argue that Conceição Evaristo’s novel ‘Becos da Memória’ invites us to rethink the role of memory-making in projects of urban development. I discuss how the use of overlapping narratives about the lives of the characters and the life of an unnamed favela brings forward Evaristo’s political project of escrevivência, which entails a black feminist practice very much informed by Afro-descendants practice of ancestralidade. More specifically, I look at how the multiple experiences of the residents of the favela in the process of being removed, narrated from the perspective of a young black woman, provide a key space for the inclusion of often untold histories in broader discourses of urban memory. By writing the lives of the community members into existence and writing the favela into the discursive space of the city, Evaristo writes against exclusionary, anti-black urban memory.; Neste artigo discuto algumas formas pelas quais o romance 'Becos da Memória', de Conceição Evaristo, nos convida a reavaliar o papel de estratégias de construção da memória em projetos de desenvolvimento urbano. Proponho que o uso de múltiplas narrativas sobre as vidas das personagens e a vida da favela ficcional põe em evidência o projeto político denominado escrevivência, criado por Evaristo. Tal projeto se firma em uma prática feminista negra marcada por uma forte relação com a ideia de ancestralidade. Mais especificamente, demonstro como as experiências dos residentes de uma favela em processo de remoção, narradas pela perspectiva de uma jovem negra, se tornam espaços de inclusão de histórias silenciadas pelos discursos de construção de memória urbana.

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Paula, Leonora S., "Afro-ancestralidade and the construction of urban memory in Conceição Evaristo's 'Becos da memória'" (2020). BRASIL/BRAZIL: A Journal of Brazilian Literature. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://doi.org/10.26300/wz18-xx57

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BRASIL/BRAZIL Vol. 33, no. 63

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BRASIL/BRAZIL: A Journal of Brazilian Literature

BRASIL/BRAZIL: A Journal of Brazilian Literature (ISSN: 2526-4885), founded in 1988, publishes scholarly articles on Brazilian literature and in Comparative Literature with a focus on Brazilian literature, as well as book reviews, interviews with writers, English-language translations of Brazilian literature …

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Afro-ancestralidade and the construction of urban memory in Conceição Evaristo's 'Becos da memória'