The DISCURSE REPRESENTATIONS OF FEMININITY AND INTERACTIONAL CONTROL IN THE LEGEND OF CAIÇARA NUPTIALS: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF POWER AND SUBALTERNIZATION IN THE COLONIAL CONTEXT

Authors

  • Alessandra Martinez Galego Prefeitura do Município de Itanhaém

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.20873.261032

Abstract

The legend analyzed operates as a discursive device for reproducing female stereotypes structured by gender prejudice, sustained by religious values ​​that associate women with submission and moral inferiority. The study is based on three hypotheses: the historical association of the female figure with spiritual evils; the victimization of indigenous peoples as a strategy of conquest and colonization; and the interactional control of public power through the imposition of Jesuit knowledge on young Caiçara people. Based on Critical Discourse Analysis and Hidden Discourse, applied to the legend "Núpcias Caiçaras" (Caiçara Nuptials), the qualitative documentary research, anchored in Fairclough (2001), Galego (2025), and Scott (2013), reveals the crystallization of subaltern female representations, legitimizing the critical approach adopted. 

References

FAIRCLOUGH, Norman. Discurso e mudança social. Izabel Magalhães, coordenadora da tradução, revisão técnica e prefácio. Brasília: Editora Universidade de Brasília, 2001.

FORTES, Roberto. O tucano de ouro – crônicas da Jureia. 1ª ed. Peruíbe-SP: Inteligente, 2012.

GALEGO, Alessandra Martinez. A representação da submissão feminina nas narrativas caiçaras: uma análise do discurso crítico-social. Dissertação. São Paulo: PUC-SP, 2025. disponível em < https://repositorio.pucsp.br/jspui/handle/handle/45360 > acesso em 05 de janeiro de 2026.

SCOTT, James Campbell. A Dominação e a Arte da Resistência: discursos ocultos. Tradução de Pedro Serras Pereira. Lisboa/Fortaleza: Letra Livre, 2013.

Published

2026-08-13

How to Cite

Martinez Galego, A. (2026). The DISCURSE REPRESENTATIONS OF FEMININITY AND INTERACTIONAL CONTROL IN THE LEGEND OF CAIÇARA NUPTIALS: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF POWER AND SUBALTERNIZATION IN THE COLONIAL CONTEXT. Porto Das Letras, 12(1), 706–722. https://doi.org/10.20873.261032

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Section

A Literatura como via de ressignificação do passado: diálogos entre o Pensamento Decolonial e os projetos estéticos/teóricos decoloniais