Um defeito de cor, de Ana Maria Gonçalves: traços afro-femininos que trazem um legado de contradiscurso e construção identitária

Abstract

Ana Maria Gonçalves gives voice to Kehinde, narrator of the novel, an African woman of the old Dahomey Kingdom and that during her saga revisits much of Brazil's colonial period bringing to light facts of collective and individual memory that mark this historical period. We looked for in our work to highlight the issues that territorializam writing of black women on Brazilian soil, in contemporary times. A novel by Ana Maria Gonçalves published in 2006, which establishes a dialogue between fiction and history. Examining questions related to literature, history, race, gender and the African diaspora, we seek to demonstrate the importance of works of art by Brazilians of African descent, ethnographically committed to the issue of contemporary race relations. It is the female and Black vision that releases new forces and gives ressonance to the voice of the underling in a traditionally conservative context. It is an opportunity to create a new discourse, constituting a new history written by the “ex-centric” of our country and critical of the prevailing intellectual status quo, but also characterizing a narrative which is inseparable from life and reality.