Gender control, domestic violence and femicide in Contos de amor rasgados, by Marina Colasanti

Abstract

The present research aims to analyze the book Contos de Amor Rasgados, by Marina Colasanti (1980) from a feminist critical-theoretical corpus under the vision of authors such as Rita Terezinha Schmidt (2012), Rita Segato (2022) Branca Moreira Alves e Jacqueline Pitanguy (2022). Colasanti's book presents narratives whose themes permeate feminicide and domestic violence against women. It is precisely from this perspective that we understand that literature is a vehicle from which we can debate patriarchal culture and politics and how toxic they become for the social body. In this sense, we believe that critically reading Contos de amor torn (1980), as we propose in this research, is quite significant because it unmasks, among other issues, gender regulations and performances as social practices that structure, enhance and perpetuate domestic violence. perpetrated against women and femicide.