The discovery of a post-colonial identity in Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida’s <i>Esse cabelo</i>

<p>In this essay I analyze the way in which the representation of hair, the part of the body chosen by Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida to be the focal point of her novel <em>Esse cabelo </em>(2015), enables a dialog among questions of gender, sexuality, class, race and ethnicity in Po...

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Main Author: Sandra Sousa
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Published: Universidade Federal Fluminense 2017-06-01
Series:Abril
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Online Access:http://www.revistaabril.uff.br/index.php/revistaabril/article/view/371
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Summary:<p>In this essay I analyze the way in which the representation of hair, the part of the body chosen by Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida to be the focal point of her novel <em>Esse cabelo </em>(2015), enables a dialog among questions of gender, sexuality, class, race and ethnicity in Post-colonial Portugal.</p><p>---</p><p> </p><p>DOI: <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.22409/abriluff.2017n18a371" target="_blank">http://dx.doi.org/10.22409/abriluff.2017n18a371</a></p>
ISSN:1984-2090