Decoloniality and formation of the cultural reader

memories, affections, bodies and movements in literary productions, desmemória

Abstract

This study is about an analysis of Thalita Coelho’s novel Desmemória, with a specific focus on the complex dynamics of memory and affection. Through a decolonial lens, it aims to explore the labyrinthine Intricacies of the narrative, uncovering how the plot challenges hegemonic constructs of bodies, memory, affection and identity. Additionally, the study seeks to comprehend how Individual and collective experiences, linked to historical, cultural events, or personal traumas, as well as identity formation, are shaped, contested, and reimagined within a framework that centers decolonial Interpretations of these representations. The discussions are grounded In the works of Intellectuals from decolonial epistemologies, who advocate a rupture from all forms of oppression perpetuated by Euro-USA-centric ideologies. Moreover, the study aspires to Investigate how cultural and historical representations In the work can be (de)constructed through a decolonial perspective, aiming to understand the role of these representations In identity formation, power relations, and the alternative worldviews that literature uniquely offers to the cultural development of the reader.