EU TENHO QUE ESTAR ONDE EU QUERO ESTAR: REFLEXÕES DE GÊNERO SOBRE A REPRESENTAÇÃO DE MULHERES EM CRIAÇÕES DRAMATÚRGICAS E MONTAGENS CÊNICAS

Abstract

The present work deals with the presence of women and female characters in drama and theatre productions, based on gender questions from a feminist perspective. Throughout the work, the following question is addressed: How strategies of analysis can be set up in plays and productions that approach the discussion and deconstruction of gender issues as a category of analysis, especially considering how women are artistically represented? Therefore, research works that present gender inequality in different artistic languages are discussed, notably in the visual arts, cinema and, in other countries, for theatre. Then, a brief state of the art is introduced regarding the academic productions of Brazilian researchers who, in the performing arts, address gender issues as well as some artistic works and theatre groups that explore those themes in the city of Salvador. To develop analytical criteria for theatrical performances, the Bechdel-Wallace Test, which inspired the creation of the Faria-Vega test exercise, is contextualized, and discussed. The Faria-Vega Test consists of a game-like proposition of analysis tool to be applied in dramaturgical scripts and theatrical performances, to contribute to gender discussions in theatre. The test was applied in the plays such as Casa de Bonecas, As Velhas, Noivas, A Mulher Como Campo de Batalha and in three selected productions, A Primeira Vista, Ânsia and Refazendo Salomé. As a result, tools that are present in theatrical epistemologies as devices for deconstructing dichotomies in gender paradigms are presented, pointing out the importance of female presence and the attention to the way in which women characters are represented on stage