The Resignification of The Masters and Slaves

for a Poetic of Exile and Space in the Novel Um Defeito De Cor, by Ana Maria Gonçalves

Abstract

Based on a multidisciplinary theory, with the fundamental contribution of Edward Said (2003) and Marc Augé (2008), this work aims at analyzing the experiences of exile of the enslaved female African character, the self-diegetic narrator Kehinde, through her subjective and identitary  negotiations with the transited spaces, in the novel Um defeito de cor (2006) by Ana Maria Gonçalves. Methodologically, the investigation does a clipping and considers until the period of her experience in the main house and in the slave quarters, with the purpose to follow the journey of the protagonist between these oppressive places, of which her hybrid look re-elaborates mediations and subversions. As a result, the research understands that the narrative problematizes the expropriation of cultural heritage and subverts stereotypical discourses, because it brings the perspective and voice of the exiled woman, about her resistance and the drama of not belonging under the power of racism, of patriarchy and of slavery, re-elaborating the historical view.