Octavia Butler: subversora de estereótipos criadora de mundos e de si mesma

Camile Fernandes Borba

doi:10.51359/2175-294x.2024.258411

Octavia Butler: subverter of stereotypes, creator of worlds and of herself

Authors

Camile Fernandes Borba Universidade Federal de Pernambuco https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5309-1792

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51359/2175-294x.2024.258411

Keywords:

Octavia Butler, science fiction, Kindred, memory

Abstract

Octavia Butler is considered the first black woman science fiction author in the United States. Her writing is marked by themes of power and Black protagonists that embody bodies rarely seen in science fiction until then. This article aims to discuss Butler's trajectory, her role in literature, and specifically how she addresses issues of memory and racist stereotypes in Kindred (2019). It also intends to observe how Butler was able to use literature and the art of writing to explore the potentialities of existence, starting with her own.

Author Biography

Camile Fernandes Borba, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

Universidade Federal de Pernambuco. Doutoranda e Mestre em Teoria Literária pela Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), Bacharel em tradução português/francês pela mesma universidade. Trabalha com questões de memória, relações de poder, a relação entre literatura e sociedade e questões de representação. E-mail: camile.fernandes@ufpe.br.

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2024-05-22

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Borba, C. F. (2024). Octavia Butler: subverter of stereotypes, creator of worlds and of herself. Revista Investigações, 37(1). https://doi.org/10.51359/2175-294x.2024.258411

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Vol. 37 No. 1 (2024): Revista Investigações - Estudos Literários

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