BODY WRITINGS IN CONCEIÇÃO EVARISTO AND HELOISA MARQUES: TEXTILE ART AND WRITING AS AN INSURGENCY OF THE FEMININE

Abstract

The research proposes a dialogue between the poetics of Conceição Evaristo and the textile art of Heloisa Marques, based on the symbolic relationship between body, memory and resistance. Starting from the image embroidered with the phrase “As the birds know, I know: I am a woman in the open air”, we reflect on how both artists inscribe a narrative of affirmation, freedom and ancestry on the female body, through aesthetic strategies that break with the historical invisibility of women, especially black women. The theoretical framework adopted is based on cultural studies, with an emphasis on authors who deal with issues of gender, body and identity.