As vozes femininas de Orlanda Amarílis

Abstract

This study aims at analyzing the Cape Verdean feminine condition from the perspective of Orlanda Amarílis. The author reveals singularities of feminine life in Cape Verde, Africa, and in diaspora since she herself was a diasporic woman who wrote her literary work in European land concerned with the position of subalternity and resignation of her country female mates. Henceforth her characters are analyzed under the perspective of cultural identities and gender based on theoretical and critic apparatus with works by Stuart Hall, Frantz Fanon, Benjamin Abdala, Joan Scott and Thomas Bonnici among others. The entire research is focused on the analysis of four female characters of four short stories selected to compose the corpus of this dissertation: “Desencanto” (Disenchantment), “A casa dos mastros” (The house of the masts), “Thonon-les-bains” and “Luna Cohen”. From those narratives, questions are raised such as how women face adverse social and financial situations in diaspora and also violence inside the context of Cape Verde and Europe.