Through the slits of space: lesbian geographies in Cristina Judar’s Oito do Sete (2017)

Abstract

This article aims to analyze Cristina Judar’s Oito do Sete (2017), with regard to the emergence of spatialities from the lesbian point of view. We are based on the discussions of Browne and Ferreira (2015) and Polesso (2018) about “lesbian geographies”, which allow us to reflect on how lesbian bodies can function as surfaces of (re)signification of spaces. In this sense, we seek to identify, in the literary work highlighted, the strategies adopted by lesbian characters to negotiate places where they are or are not accepted, as well as to resist to situations of violence to which they are exposed.