Reading and intersectionality: the experience of Leia Mulheres Marechal Deodoro

Abstract

This article reports the experience of the “Leia Mulheres Marechal Deodoro” Reading Club, as a pedagogical proposal aimed at training readers in the context of basic education. From the methodological perspective of engaged pedagogy, the club is constituted as a “learning community”, as presented by Hooks (2017). This way, it responds concretely to the challenges of training readers in the school context, respecting each member of the club’s voice and experience and seeking the development of their autonomy. From the discussion of female authorship texts, the club addresses issues of gender, race and class, in an intersectional perspective (AKOTIRENE, 2019). This approach implies the need to discuss the notion of canon, Reis (1992) and Wollf (1985), as well as the place of speech, Ribeiro (2017). It is an institutionalized teaching project that has been operating at the Federal Institute of Alagoas, Campus Marechal Deodoro, since July 2017.