Literature as decolonial praxis, self-expression and territory: Fernanda Vieira and Brazilian indigenous women author’s autobiogeografias

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https://doi.org/10.11606/va.v25.n2.2025.217865

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autobiogeographies, decolonial praxis, Fernanda Vieira, Brazilian Indigenous women writers, Brazilian Indigenous Literature

Abstract

As autobiogeografias expressam as noções de escrita e inscrição de si próprio em espaços físicos, sociais e emocionais de acordo com novos entendimentos e posicionamentos (VIEIRA, 2021). Elas reapropriam a memória histórica coletiva para que as escritoras brasileiras indígenas (re)conquistem os seus corpos-território. A partir das considerações de Vieira, bem como de teorias decoloniais e feministas, o presente artigo discute a escrita de Fernanda Vieira, Eliane Potiguara e Graça Graúna, argumentando que estas escritoras indígenas utilizam as suas autobiogeografias como prática decolonial que desconstrói a persistente colonialidade nas narrativas de memória coletiva brasileira.

 

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Author Biography

  • Federica Lupati, Nova University of Lisbon

    Holds a PhD in Portuguese Studies from NOVA University of Lisbon, an MA in Postcolonial Literatures and Cultures for Ca' Foscari University of Venice and a BA in Portuguese and Spanish from the same institution in Italy. She is an integrated researcher in the Center for the Humanities (CHAM). In 2019 she has co-edited the book Challenging Memories and Rebuilding Identities: Literary and Artistic Voices that undo the Lusophone Atlantic (Routledge, 2019) with Margarida Rendeiro, and during the past years she has published in several peer-reviewed journals while also taking part to numerous international conferences. She is an APSA and AIL member since 2016. Today, her research interests cover the wide range of topics that are connected to indigenous literature, with particular attention to women writers, decolonial practice and  cultural resistance as a whole.

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Published

2025-04-28

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Vol. 25 No. 2 (2025): Women's Literature: Memories, Peripheries and Resistance in the Luso-Afro-Brazilian Space

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Dossiê 46: Literatura de Mulheres: Memórias, Periferias e Resistências no Espaço

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LUPATI, Federica. Literature as decolonial praxis, self-expression and territory: Fernanda Vieira and Brazilian indigenous women author’s autobiogeografias. Via Atlântica, São Paulo, v. 25, n. 2, p. 130–136, 2025. DOI: 10.11606/va.v25.n2.2025.217865. Disponível em: https://revistas.usp.br/viaatlantica/article/view/217865.. Acesso em: 7 jan. 2026.