Black women's memories: an inventory of the domestic world and things, in Conceição Evaristo's insubmissible tears of women

Abstract

In the research, we investigate the theme of memory as an important guiding thread for the construction of the narratives of Insubmissible Tears of Women, by Conceição Evaristo, because it is through the memorialistic clipping that the plots portray stories of black women, affected by their social, ethnic, cultural and gender conditions. Throughout the analysis, we relate memory to the personal condition of the rememberer, pointing out the subjective aspects that manifest themselves in the characters' memorial clippings. In the section, "Memories of Black Women - An Inventory of the Domestic World: The House and Things in Conceição Evaristo's Insubmissible Tears of Women," we reflect on the power of the house and the objects that make up the domestic world and shape the literary scenes as struts of memory, highlighting how the relationship of black women with these elements occurs. The symbols present in the narratives are crucial to situate the women as members of a group. In many cases, they determine their bonds with other people, characterizing that space. To do so, we will have to situate the black woman before her historical condition of enslaved person and how her relationship with the house and things are constructed or affected by this reality.