Orquestrando a raiva e tecendo prazeres: a escrita de si em Audre Lorde sob a perspectiva das práticas discursivas

Abstract

This study analyzes the construction of meaning regarding anger, the erotic, and silence in the work of Audre Lorde, investigating how these elements articulate modes of resistance and subjectivation. Grounded in the perspective of discursive practices and the production of meaning in everyday life, the research is theoretically anchored in social constructionism, emphasizing language as a social practice that constitutes reality. Methodologically, it is characterized as a qualitative exploratory documentary research, employing dialogic maps to analyze three of the author's fundamental essays. The analysis focuses on the discursive positions and interpretive repertoires mobilized by Lorde, considering the intertwining of temporal dimensions: the long time of cultural heritage, the lived time of experiences, and the short time of situated interaction. The results indicate that Lorde subverts hegemonic discourses by redefining anger as an organized political tool and the erotic as a revolutionary creative power that transcends the purely sexual dimension. The transformation of silence into language and action is understood as an essential discursive strategy for confronting intersectional oppressions of race, gender, and sexuality. The analysis demonstrates that Lorde's discursive production enables the emergence of historically marginalized knowledges and the constitution of new ethics of existence based on the political survival of Black and lesbian women.