Arte feminina Surda como política de Surdidade e movimento de resistência

Abstract

This work aimed to catalog and analyze the productions of two artists, Nancy Rourke and Kilma Coutinho, based on materials selected from the main social networks (Facebook, Instagram, YouTube), during the pandemic period of 2020 and 2021. By articulating literature and feminine art, inserted into the culture by the Deaf themselves, it sought to present the importance of Deaf Art and how it can be enriched by dialogue when established between Deaf cultural studies and visual culture studies, as reflections on how art can contribute to the construction and dissemination of their own identity are evidenced by the broad cultural appropriation by the Deaf. To theoretically support the study, researchers such as Skliar (2011; 2013); Sonnenstrahl (2002); Ladd (2003); Durr (2006); Karnopp (2010; Mourão (2016) and Sutton-Spence (2021), referring to Deaf visual arts, Deaf culture and identities, as well as artistic movements organized by Deaf people in the United States and Brazil. The methodology used was netnographic research and bibliographic research, in which the most impactful works that related to feminism and the suffering of Deaf women were observed. 151 works by the two Deaf artists were found, from which 8 (eight) by Nancy Rourke and 4 (four) by Kilma Coutinho were chosen. From the analysis of the Deaf Art of the authors, carried out in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic, in the period from 2019 to 2021, and focused on violence against the female body in the Deaf community, the role of representation of the Deaf identity of women was observed. It concludes with a proposal to create the Surdartidade Gallery, a relevant and proactive measure for the promotion of cultural diversity and for the construction of a society with fairer and more egalitarian linguistic accessibility. The need to carry out future research that describes and understands the reality of the artistic expressions of Brazilian Deaf artists is also perceived, locating their theme in relation to violence against Deaf women.