A santificação da carne de Lilith
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https://doi.org/10.1590/2316-40187406Keywords:
corporeality, Myths, Feminine writing, contemporary narrative, Brazilian literatureAbstract
Although myths still inhabit human minds, they are revisited and constantly rewritten, updated. With this in mind, the myth of Lilith has been constantly redefined by different beliefs, often with the intention of erasing her or redefining her as demonic figure. Currently, her myth has risen from the place of erasure that resigned her to often serving as a symbol of subversion of the female image. Thus, commonly used in feminist analyses as an image of empowerment, Lilith has been increasingly recognized in literature as a martyr. Bearing this in mind, this study investigated the image of Lilith in the short story “Santa carne”, by Gabriela Leal (2022), in the work A língua da Medusa, and in the poem “As querências de Lilith”, by Mika Andrade (2019), in the erotic anthology of Ceará poets, O Olho de Lilith. Therefore, through a comparative analysis, the aim was to investigate how Lilith’s narrative is constructed in contemporary Brazilian literature and to understand how the mechanisms biblical narrative subversion are broken through her body in both textual productions. The body, in both works, appears to be a central element in Lilith’s subversion and empowerment, which highlights the need for analyses of the character’s corporeality. To this end, theoretical support was sought from Mircea Eliade (1972, 1992); Roberto Sicuteri (1985); Barbara Black Koltuv (2017); Adam McLean (2020); e Janet Howe Gaines (2024) for studies on female myth; and Judith Butler (1993), Rachel Soihet (2002), Simone de Beauvoir (2016) and Silvia Federici (2020; 2023) to analyze the feminine issue and corporeality permeated in the Judeo-Christian narrative.
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