Raça e classe na análise de representações femininas em O Cortiço, de Aluízio Azevedo: Bertoleza e Zulmira

Abstract

The present work aims to analyze the intersectionality between gender, race and class, present in the work O Cortiço, by Aluísio Azevedo, with emphasis on the characters Bertoleza and Zulmira. The reflection focuses on the female condition in the 19th century and the inequalities arising from the intersection between race and class, given that the condition of women in the novel reinforces the idea that there is no homogeneous category of women, but that gender experiences experienced by female figures are differentiated from each other. In this sense, the characters Bertoleza and Zulmira start from different conditions to represent the heterogeneity of the female class