DISMEMBERMENT AND HEALING IN THE BLUEST EYE

Abstract

This paper discusses the dismemberment of the black subject from the novel The Bluest Eye, by Toni Morrison. The hypothesis is that the events of everyday racism generate traumas. One of these traumas is the dismemberment of the identity of the black subject. For that, we will explore the Morrison's novel in order to identify in some episodes of racism the dismemberment of this identity and point out a possible cure through the act of narrating. Among the authors used, in addition to Toni Morrison, are: Sueli Carneiro and the epistemicide as a mechanism to lower the knowledge of the black subject; Grada Kilomba, who emphasizes racism as a traumatic event and the need to become subjects; bell hooks talks about the difficulty of black women in choosing intellectual life; Conceição Evaristo and the concept of escrevivência as a rescue of black protagonism and Carolina Maria de Jesus and her example as an intellectual. These authors demonstrate that racism produces suffering, but that healing can be accomplished through the act of narrating and not allowing history to be forgotten.