Rastros traumáticos e transmissão entre gerações: uma proposta de leitura psicanalítica de um mito

Abstract

This study examines, under the aegis of psychoanalysis in extension, the orality of Brincos de Cuia as it circulates within the communities of Cafundó and Escondido (Choró–CE, Brazil). The narrative is approached as a myth that fulfills the function of transmitting and symbolically elaborating inter- and transgenerational traumatic traces arising from episodes of historical violence. It inquires to what extent such a narrative operates as a border for the traumatic real, organizing the social bond. Methodologically, this is a bibliographicdocumentary study that revisits an ethnographic-poetic archive composed of oral accounts, audiovisual records, and pictographic representations, analyzed through the operators of condensation, displacement, and deferred action (afterwardness). The theoretical framework articulates Freud and Lacan in dialogue with Eliade and Lévi-Strauss, alongside Derrida’s notion of the archive. The analysis indicates that narrative (de)formations do not constitute deficits, but rather modes of treating trauma, revealing the functioning of processes of inscription, erasure, and reinscription within the mythical archive. It is argued that the myth of Brincos de Cuia not only represents but also operates as a symbolic and nomological device, capable of converting trauma into a shareable experience, instituting forms of regulation of the social bond, and sustaining the transmission of a historical heritage across sertanejo generations.