In the late 1970s, Brazil was experiencing the return to democracy
through a gradual political opening and the re-birth of its civil
society. "Writing Identity" examines the intricate connections
between artistic production and political action. It centers on the
politics of the black movement and the literary production of a Sao
Paulo-based group of Afro-Brazilian writers, the Quilombhoje. Using
Pierre Bourdieu's theory of the field of cultural production, the
manuscript explores the relationship between black writers and the
Brazilian dominant canon, studying the reception and criticism of
contemporary Afro-Brazilian literature. After the 1940s, the
Brazilian literary field underwent several transformations.
Literary criticism's displacement from the newspapers to the
universities placed a growing emphasis on aesthetics and style.
Academic critics denounced the focus on a political and racial
agenda as major weaknesses of Afro-Brazilian writing, and stressed,
the need for aesthetic experimentation within the literary field.
"Writing Identity" investigates how Afro-Brazilian writers
maintained strong connections to the black movement in Brazil, and
yet sought to fuse a social and racial agenda with more
sophisticated literary practices. As active militants in the black
movement, Quilombhoje authors strove to strengthen a collective
sense of black identity for Afro-Brazilians.
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