The Representation of the Militant Woman in O corpo interminável, by Claudia Lage

Abstract

This article analyzes the representation of the militant woman in O corpo interminável, by Claudia Lage. The questions that motivated our research were: a) How is the militant woman configured in Claudia Lage's novel? What types of oppression do female subjects suffer for entering a space relegated to the male figure? To support our research, we used the reflections on Literature, Dictatorship and Women's Militancy by Colling (1997), Figueiredo (2022), Rosa (2013), among others. As a result, it is noted that the militants, in addition to being considered communist whores, women of deviant behavior, were also doubly assaulted, suffered psychological torture, had their nails pulled out, received electric shocks in their private parts, were removed from their families, etc. However, even suffering such barbarities, the militants, in the work under study, resist the horrors practiced by the regime.