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- This article argues that, because it is written from an Afro-Brazilian perspective manifest in imagery and idiom, José Carlos Limeira's poetry focuses on the reclaiming of identities. His poems frequently explore specifically Afro-Brazilian feminine identities while at the same time developing such identities within a more universal ontology.
- Este artigo argumenta que, por ser escrito a partir de uma perspectiva afro-brasileira manifestada em imagens e expressões idiomáticas, a poesia de José Carlos Limeira enfoca a recuperação de identidades. Seus poemas freqüentemente exploram especificamente identidades femininas afro-brasileiras e, ao mesmo tempo, desenvolvem essas identidades dentro de uma ontologia mais universal.
Citation
Willis, Bruce Dean,
"Color beyond phenotype: José Carlos Limeira's afro-brazilian muses"
(2003).
BRASIL/BRAZIL: A Journal of Brazilian Literature.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://doi.org/10.26300/tvqb-vw44
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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 …