Female protagonism in biographies: gender perspectives in the construction of the characters Elis Regina and Maria Bonita
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.22478/ufpb.1807-8214.2020v29n1.51899Keywords:
Jornalismo, Biografias, Protagonistas mulheres, GêneroAbstract
The goal of this article is to analyze aspects of representation of gender in the construction of characters in the biographies of two women: Furacão Elis (2012), written by the journalist Regina Echeverría and Maria Bonita: Sexo, violência e mulheres no cangaço (2018), by the journalist Adriana Negreiros. This work traces a history of the biographical segment, and also the pioneering of its publications in Brazil; points out the contribution of women in journalism and literature, in addition traces the characterization of characters in Brazilian fiction in order to demarcate the process of insertion of women in the literary field, as characters or either as authors. In a bibliographical review based on the concepts of patriarchy (LERNER, 1990), black feminism (CARNEIRO, 2002; DAVIS, 2016), maternity (BADINTER 1981; DONATH, 2017) and female independence (WELZER-LANG, 2001), the conclusion is that women carry stereotypes not only in fiction, but also when their trajectories are recounted in biographical works.