A natureza do feminino decolonial no romance latino-americano: representações ecofeministas em Eva Luna e tropical sol da liberdade

Abstract

In the latin american literature, especially those created by women, there is a curious succession of narratives that relate, somehow, women and Nature explorations. This perception evidences a need to articulation several critical perspectives to expand the delecolonial ecofeminist criticism scope. Thereby, this work aims to identify ecofeminist representations as mechanisms of resistance to coloniality in the novels Eva Luna (1987), by chilean Isabel Allende, and Tropical Sol da Liberdade (1988), by brazilian Ana Maria Machado. For this, this research was developed under a qualitative deductive approach of a theoretical nature based on two analysis categories: the care relationships and the sensitive perceptions about the Nature. In theoretical corpus, the following stand out: Zinani (2013) and Navarro (1995) about women in literature; Perrot (2017) about the historicity of women as a social category; Quijano (2005 and 2008) and Lugones (2008 and 2010) about Latin American decoloniality; Kheel (1993) and Shiva (2001, 2003 and 2018) about ecofeminist philosophy and Candau (2016), Bosi (1994) and Sarlo (2007) about memory, identity and resistance, themes that frequently involve the analyzed narratives. As comparative results between the novels, two similarities of ecofeminist resistance and subversion to coloniality were identified: the valorization/resignification of feminized care work and writing as a way to become marginalized female perspectives visible.