Representações de mulheres nos quadrinhos feministas de Montsé Clavé e de Gabriela Masson

Abstract

Since the beginning of the last century, some comic books (comics) have been developing their language and experimenting with graphic and technical processes, amid historical and cultural contexts that constitute and are constituted by narratives linked to feminist struggles. However, each era brings different faces to the clashes and feminist claims in iconography. In order to understand these historical differences and transformations, the study of two comics artists from different stages of the feminist movement can contribute to thinking about the visual regimes of each period and the ways of representing the body. They are Montsé Clavé, a spanish activist since the 1960s and Gabriela Masson, a contemporary Brazilian comic writer. The expressive materialities of each one reflect discussions about the reach of technology in printed and digital comics, organization of militant and sorority social networks with changes and representation of feminist agendas until today. Gender theories underpinned the understanding of the roles of these comics and the expression of their characters through militant performances with the concept of representation and culture based on the use of language as a determinant in sociopolitical and economic power structures.