The present contribution seeks to examine the works of a selected number of contemporary Afro-Brazilian women writers and activists. From the way these voices have contributed to the advancement of the Black movement in Brazil – especially since the 1980s – particular attention will be given to the way the body figures both a central topic as well as an agent of th...

The present contribution seeks to examine the works of a selected number of contemporary Afro-Brazilian women writers and activists. From the way these voices have contributed to the advancement of the Black movement in Brazil – especially since the 1980s – particular attention will be given to the way the body figures both a central topic as well as an agent of th...