The body as an archive

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ABSTRACT This paper aims to offer an understanding of the body as an archive while analysing poems written by queer and non-binary poet and performer Danez Smith. Seen as a conflicting field for power and control disputes, the archive can be read in different ways and this paper approaches it in order to theorise what a queer archival practice may signal when elements such as gender, sexuality and desire are interrogated in Smith’s poems. Taking into consideration theoretical contributions from Celia Pedrosa et al. (2018), Julietta Singh (2018), David Lapoujade (2017), Ann Cvetkovich (2003) and others, it is concluded that Smith’s poems display a complex negotiation of feeling and the world, allowing new meanings to erupt from the archive.RESUMO Este trabalho busca oferecer uma compreensão do corpo como um arquivo ao analisar poemas escritos por Danez Smith, poeta e performer queer não-binárie. Visto como um campo conflitante por disputas de poder e controle, o arquivo pode ser lido de diversas formas e este trabalho se aproxima dele para teorizar o que práticas arquivistas queer podem sinalizar quando elementos como gênero, sexualidade e desejo são interrogadas nos poemas de Smith. Considerando as contribuições teóricas de Celia Pedrosa et al. (2018), Julietta Singh (2018) David Lapoujade (2017), Ann Cvetkovich (2003) e outros, pode-se concluir que os poemas de Smith exibem uma complexa negociação entre sentimentos e o mundo, permitindo que novos sentidos irrompam do arquivo.

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Silva, R. N. (2021). The body as an archive. Revista Brasileira de Literatura Comparada, 23(44), 78–89. https://doi.org/10.1590/2596-304x20212344rns

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