A identidade cultural e os atos de resistência feminina na obra Água de Barrela da autora Eliana Cruz

Abstract

This research is an analysis of the work Água de Barrela (2018), by the author Eliana Alves Cruz, which observes Afro-Brazilian cultural aspects, the black representation of women, their acts of resistance, their beliefs, values and cultural traditions present in the novel. In addition, this work addresses discussions about the concept of cultural identity and black identity construction, thinking about the resignification of AfroBrazilian historical cultural values. This research had as its methodology a qualitative bibliographic analysis with readings of theoretical texts and articles, with the main theoretical contributions for the discussions of the work being the texts: Cultural Identity and National Identity in Brazil (1989), by Maria Isaura Pereira de Queiroz; From Black Literature to Afro-Feminine Literature (2010), by Ana Rita Santiago, Why teach the history of Africa and the son-in-law in Brazil by Kabengele Munanga (2015), Negritude and Afro-descendant Black Identity by Kabengele Munanga (2012), For a concept in Afro-Brazilian literature by Eduardo de Assis (2010), Discourses on Afro-Brazilian religion: from de-Africanization to re-Africanization by Tina Grudrun (2001). Which were important for the development of this research.

Keywords: Afro-Brazilian feminine literature; Representation; Cultural identity.