Vozes que se transformam em luta: uma reflexão sobre gênero, raça e classe a partir das batalhas de slam na cidade de Juiz de Fora/MG

Abstract

Slams are poetry competitions that mix art and politics and are a form of expression for youth in the suburbs. The poems written and recited by women at slam bring the entire feminist struggle into their lyrics, also expressing the need to question relationships not only of gender, but also of race, class, sexuality, identity. The poems of black women are marked by their life experiences, experiences that bear the marks of their ancestries, loves and cultures, and which also bear the marks of slavery and violence experienced because they are black women. In this way, this work will bring the life story of three poets who participate in slams in Juiz de Fora. The objective will be to analyze the poems of these women based on academic literature by black women to identify the relationship between the poems and what was written by these authors, and to understand these poems as a form of struggle, resistance, and production of feminist knowledge. An analysis of the slam scene in the city of Juiz de Fora will also be carried out under the eyes of the interlocutors, to identify this culture as a powerhouse of urban art that brings in the poems the experiences of marginalized peoples. Understanding slam as a form of knowledge production coming from the peripheries that gives voice to marginalized groups.