Entre performance e performatividade: linguagens do fazer performático de mulheres artistas latino-americanas

Abstract

The present dissertation aims to study the singular languages established in the artistic practice of performance in the Latin American territory, particularly by women artists who promote discussions on gender in their actions. Understanding gender from the perspective of performativity — a concept grounded in the theories of Judith Butler — that is, through language, gestures, and corporeality, the research proposes to think of artistic performance, also linked to the body and its movements, as a force of disorder against gender norms. From a territorially localized perspective, this work delves into some central questions: how does performance find in its mediums a way to transgress gender performativity? Can a unique gender performativity of the Latin American territory be observed? Viewing performance as an instrument of disorder against performativity, how are the transgressions of "being" a woman perceived in the Latin American context? To answer these questions, we outline a theoretical-historical path on "being" a woman and "being" a Latin American woman, as well as the repercussions of gender discussions in artistic performance, especially in Latin America. Based on this path and the analysis of performative actions by performance artists — particularly Ana Mendieta from Cuba and Regina José Galindo from Guatemala — we seek to identify the particularities and dissidences of their relationships with the body, art, and their territories.