Desafiando o campo literário: Bufólicas e as estratégias de produção da crença em Hilda Hilst

Abstract

This paper analyzes the strategies of belief production in the work of Hilda Hilst (1930-2004) taking as its point of departure the tensions generated by her text Bufólicas (1992) within the Brazilian literary field. Using the work of Pierre Bourdieu as a reference point, the essay highlights how the writer established forms of agency that advanced her distinction in this social space by creating a project based on obscenity, laughter and a strong critique of the editorial market. To this end, the essay investigates how the book constitutes a political project, which directs the production of specific repertoires about Hilst in the symbolic goods market by reactualizing and ritualizing versions built by the author and by other actors.