When the "tenth muse" inspires rap musica and drums: from the political uses of Sappo's figure by lesbians and feminist voices in contemporary Brazil

The object of this article is to draw attention to a dimension of the reception of the memories around the poet Sappho and the Island of Lesbos: that represented by the political uses made by militants and feminists groups and, above all, lesbian-feminist groups. Through the presentation and comment...

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Main Author: Lettícia Batista Rodrigues Leite
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de São Paulo 2018-03-01
Series:Heródoto
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Online Access:https://periodicos.unifesp.br/index.php/herodoto/article/view/1117
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description The object of this article is to draw attention to a dimension of the reception of the memories around the poet Sappho and the Island of Lesbos: that represented by the political uses made by militants and feminists groups and, above all, lesbian-feminist groups. Through the presentation and commentary of two examples currently found in Brazil, that I intend to draw attention to the relevance of the analysis of this type of reception.
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spelling doaj.art-e9ee9210bfcb429d87531e45b526f4ad2022-12-22T02:57:20ZengUniversidade Federal de São PauloHeródoto2448-26092018-03-012210.31669/herodoto.v2i2.300When the "tenth muse" inspires rap musica and drums: from the political uses of Sappo's figure by lesbians and feminist voices in contemporary BrazilLettícia Batista Rodrigues LeiteThe object of this article is to draw attention to a dimension of the reception of the memories around the poet Sappho and the Island of Lesbos: that represented by the political uses made by militants and feminists groups and, above all, lesbian-feminist groups. Through the presentation and commentary of two examples currently found in Brazil, that I intend to draw attention to the relevance of the analysis of this type of reception.https://periodicos.unifesp.br/index.php/herodoto/article/view/1117Sappho of Lesbosfeminismlesbianitypolitical.
spellingShingle Lettícia Batista Rodrigues Leite
When the "tenth muse" inspires rap musica and drums: from the political uses of Sappo's figure by lesbians and feminist voices in contemporary Brazil
Heródoto
Sappho of Lesbos
feminism
lesbianity
political.
title When the "tenth muse" inspires rap musica and drums: from the political uses of Sappo's figure by lesbians and feminist voices in contemporary Brazil
title_full When the "tenth muse" inspires rap musica and drums: from the political uses of Sappo's figure by lesbians and feminist voices in contemporary Brazil
title_fullStr When the "tenth muse" inspires rap musica and drums: from the political uses of Sappo's figure by lesbians and feminist voices in contemporary Brazil
title_full_unstemmed When the "tenth muse" inspires rap musica and drums: from the political uses of Sappo's figure by lesbians and feminist voices in contemporary Brazil
title_short When the "tenth muse" inspires rap musica and drums: from the political uses of Sappo's figure by lesbians and feminist voices in contemporary Brazil
title_sort when the tenth muse inspires rap musica and drums from the political uses of sappo s figure by lesbians and feminist voices in contemporary brazil
topic Sappho of Lesbos
feminism
lesbianity
political.
url https://periodicos.unifesp.br/index.php/herodoto/article/view/1117
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