O amor exige expressão: a homoafetividade e gênero em duas iguais

Abstract

The present work is an analisis of the novel Duas Iguais, from author Cíntia Moscovich. In order to reach such objective, a bibliographical research is made as to present some possible readings. In order that these attainable readings are understood by the reader of this work, we make a contextualization of general views of gender, performativity, sex, lesbianism, homoafectivity, submission, among other topics. Some authors that influenced these views are, mainly, Butler (2014), Swain (2004), Spivak (2010), Beauvoir (1948) e Salih (2013). It is remarkable to perceive that, in this study, it is possible to read the novel as metaphorical, because there are many other aspects besides the plot, which are only perceived with a more attentive and meticulous reading. These metaphors are related, in their majority, with the experiences of the main character's sexuality — as real, in Ana's case, and as platonic, in Natália's and Vítor's case. In final consideration, it is possible to say that Duas Iguais, as well as this work, are both important in the sense that the presence of novels with the theme of lesbian love in the Brazilian literature, and in the academy, are relatively new. Likewise are the works that analyze them. In this sense, it is important to give the proper visibility to the political and social importance of lesbian representation inside the academy, both by novel writers and the scholars.