From Secret to Gossip: Women Who Rewrite History in Contemporary Brazilian Poetry

Based on the reading of some poems by contemporary Brazilian women poets, this article proposes an erasure of the notion of “secret”, based on the text “Literatura no segredo”, by Jacques Derrida (2013), thinking about “gossip”, theorized by Silvia Federici (2017; 2019a) in Calibã e a bruxa and in A história oculta da fofoca, as a rewrite of hegemonic, colonial and patriarchal history.

Keywords:
Poetry; Philosophy; History; Secret; Gossip, Silvia Federici