Body narratives and political alliances in public spaces: listening to silenced voices

Abstract

The body and its action is the primary place of philosophy, it is the political force that endures today through assemblies, meetings, and performances held by women and dissidents bodies. Different narratives are capable of building powerful affective political alliances to revert to the different types of silences that we are subject to. Butler proposes to understand not only discourse as performativity but also to include the action that emerges between bodies. Actions that present themselves as gestures, movements, persistence and also contemplate possible violence that can reconfigure the space of politics and what we can consider public in it. Therefore, the objective is to bring Butler's notes to think about the power of this thinking and speaking body, what are the narratives he builds and strategies of struggle are created by their use. Therefore, the objective is to bring Butler's notes to think about the power of this thinking and speaking body, what are the narratives he builds and strategies of struggle are created by their use. The paper is divided into three parts. First, update of Arendt's concept of political action as performance, by Butler. Second, performativity is not just discourse, whether written or spoken, but it is also updated in bodily actions, in assemblies, and on the streets. Third, the strategies of fighting for the word, the recognition of other voices and writings of the body.