Article
Portuguese
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oai:doaj.org/article:92aace55e9a84a4eb10d2e17ab6614ab>
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DOI: <
10.5007/2175-7917.2020v25n1p115>
Abstract
This article seeks to revisit the ‘delicate’ conto-crônica of the dramator-journalist Nelson Ftar Rodrigues, (1994) present in the collection The life as she is..., the fruit of his work for the newspaper Última Hora, in order to discuss how the narrative highlights a coercive heteronormative society which violates the existence of the protagonist unconnected to the norm, to the point that he will cause his death himself and does not bear external pressure to fulfil his ‘role as a man’. Throughout the writing, we highlight the fact that Eusebiozinho, a principal character, by breaking with sexual binarism and social norm, is obliged to return to a supposed original/apriotic place, that of hegemonic masculinity, through the coercive heterosexuality imposed by the family and represented by the uncle figure. We would refer to the studies queer and the texts of Adrienne Rich (2003), Judith Butler (2005), Monique Witting (1992), Teresa de Lauretis (1994), Robert Connell (1995) and Michael Foucault (2001), among others.