História em quadrinhos de autoria de mulheres: inventário, representações de gênero e configurações contemporâneas

Abstract

In this doctoral dissertation, the reflective foundations are established for research aimed at investigating comics authored by women and examining how, by moving away from being objects of representation, female authors begin to construct and deconstruct notions of femininity and masculinity in comics. Through bibliographic and documentary research, this study operated on two main fronts: to update and expand the inventory of the forerunners of comic books and graphic arts that precede and influence this art form; and 2) to shed light on the emergence and representations of masculinity and femininity present in a specific artistic artifact: comics. The titles selected for study were Arlindo, by Luiza de Souza (2021), Beco do Rosário, by Ana Luiza Koehler (2020), and Tina: Respeito, by Fefê Torquato, 2019a). To this end, the research drew on academic discussions grounded in comic studies (Chute, 2010; Hatfield, 2005), feminism (Fraser, 2013; Gonzalez, 2020b; Zeisler, 2008), masculinities (Connell; Messerchmid, 2013; Dupuis-Déri, 2022), femininities (Hoskin, 2017, 2018), representations (Moscovici, 2011), among other sources. From this trajectory, it was found that many of the analyzed productions aim to reconfigure the social position of women, proposing new representations of femininity that challenge traditional models. However, the male representation, for the most part, still maintains the established stereotypes of masculinity