Os processos de emancipação da mulher em Vovó usava barba, de Ione Mattos

Abstract

This study analyzes seven short stories published in the book Vovó usava barba, which was written by Ione Mattos and published in 2017, from the perspective of contemporary feminist criticism in order to bring academic attention to the author's work since it has not been studied yet. Furthermore, this research aims at contributing to the theorical reflection in regards to the presence of feminist themes in Mattos? literature. Thus, it might be of interest to researchers who work with contemporary Brazilian literature and its themes. To achieve these aims Mattos's work was contextualized both in short story theory and contemporary feminist theory, then, there was a research about the main themes in the short stories, which were identity, body and voice, and last but not least, there was a chapter dedicated to the analysis of selected short stories considering the text's emancipatory potential when read and studied. The theoretical contributions vary from feminist criticism and gender studies to sociological and philosophical studies. The results show that Mattos' short stories present potentially emancipatory characters and are relevant to feminist literary criticism. [resumo fornecido pelo autor]