Dona Maria Baia: a writer of yourself

Abstract

This proposal enters the universe of popular culture, narratives and oral poetry, presenting a character with a unique creative power: Maria José Dantas das Mercês, Dona Maria Baia. Sexagenarian, farmer, resident in the Rose settlement of Santa Luz-BA. Owner of an artistic-cultural mode of production that presents scriptures, "scribbles and plays" of poetry, lyrics, short stories, crafts and alternative cooking. It aims to show how the poetic works of this character, in particular the songs and songs, helped to produce other subjectivities for themselves and for other women, interfering in the community collective. Methodologically, we are undertaking an analysis and documentary exploration, from institutional collections assigned to research, we combine studies of literature and popular culture and cultural criticism, taking into account an autobiographical perspective, studies of gender, subjectivities and feminisms. The poetic, scriptural and sociocultural performances of this character has favored a deconstruction of an identity prescribed for her and other women. It suggests other ways of life and another perception of self, which is designed as resistance to the adverse conditions of subalternity in its social habitat and against patriarchy and its intersectionalities.