Representação homoafetiva em Outono de Carne Estranha de Airton Sousa

Abstract

This monograph's main objective is to analyze the homoaffective and homoerotic representation present in Airton Souza's work Outono de Carne Estranha (Autumn of Strange Flesh), seeking to identify the forms of expression of homoaffectivity, draw a parallel between the work and gender and sexuality theories, and reflect on the silencing of queer bodies. The research is bibliographic in nature, based on books and periodicals, and uses quantitative research to contextualize violence against the LGBTQIAPN+ community. The corpus of analysis is Airton Souza's novel, and the data treatment is qualitative, applying the critical perspectives of Judith Butler on gender performance and Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick on the epistemology of the closet. The analysis reveals that the work, set in the brutal and hyper-masculinized context of the Serra Pelada gold mine in the 1980s, constructs the homoaffective relationship between the miners Manel and Zuza as an act of resistance and a form of affection and survival amidst violence and authoritarianism. The narrative exposes bodies marked by exploitation and a sexuality that challenges heteronormativity, using love as a mechanism to break away from the oppressive daily life. The search concludes that the work not only gives voice to historically marginalized experiences but also uses the homoaffective relationship as a challenge to social norms, highlighting the importance of queer literature in promoting the visibility and understanding of sexual and gender diversity, despite the final silencing imposed on queer bodies in the plot