O borralho das feiticeiras: imaginário e representações sobre as mulheres farenses

Abstract

Our article examines representations of femininity in the municipality of Faro, Pará, based on the works of three authors: "Acauã," by Inglês de Sousa (2005); "Tessituras de um rio: Deslocamentos de ruins e Paisagem," by Heldilene Reale (2019); and "Contos e lendas de Faro," by Francisco Azevedo (2004). By discussing the "images" of femininity presented in these three works, we want to highlight the intersection of these representations with a European imaginary associating women with witchcraft, as occurred in the late medieval period with the "witch hunts," a structure we refer to in this article as the "spell imaginary." Furthermore, we raise the possibility that one of the three authors may be less influenced by this imaginary, allowing him to produce less structured representations. The research is embedded within the New Cultural History framework, focusing on the fields of representations and the imaginary, and is further developed through bibliographical research.