Raça e Sexualidade: experimento cênico com gays negros sob a égide do Teatro do Oprimido

Abstract

This essay aims to understand how the spheres of racism and homophobia have influenced and continue to influence the identity construction of Black homosexuals, through an analysis of the theatrical workshop “CORPUS: scenic experiment with Black gay men.” The work investigates the social reasons that sustain the perpetuation of violence and oppression, exploring in detail the factors that impact the formation of this identity. Throughout this reflection, themes such as affectivity, subjectivity, and coloniality are also addressed. The research is supported by the methodology of the Theater of the Oppressed, as developed by its main exponent, Augusto Boal (1991, 2005, 2008, 2009), and engages in theoretical dialogues with various authors, including Freire (2021), Colling (2015), Núnez (2023), Fanon (2008), Trevisan (2018), hooks (2021), Mbembe (2018), and Munanga (2020). The theoretical construction is carried out through dialogue with these authors, aiming at an emancipation of the perspective on the world around us and activating the process of understanding the oppressive reality through the rehearsal of real scenes of violence.