DEAF SLAM: CONTEMPORARY EXPRESSION OF BRAZILIAN LITERATURE?

Authors

  • Danielle Reis Araújo UERJ
  • João Paulo da Silva Nascimento UERJ

Keywords:

Deaf Literature. Contemporary Brazilian Literature. Deaf slam.

Abstract

This article aims to make critical considerations about the literary expression of
Brazilian deaf communities, users of the Brazilian Sign Language (Libras), in the light of the diversity
poetics embodied by the expression of the contemporary. Understanding Libras as a viso-spatial
linguistic system that in its structure encompasses corporeality as a linguistic property sine qua non
property, we defend, in agreement with theoretical considerations expressed by Ramos (2020), that
deaf literature, in its expression, is naturally performative. In this sense, based on the exploration of
the slam “Empathy: a small manual of deaf culture”, by the group Slam do Corpo, we seek, through
this article, to answer the question that entitles it, to situate such literatures as resistance of a minority
linguistic community, as well as an expression of contemporary Brazilian literature.
Keywords: Deaf

Author Biographies

Danielle Reis Araújo, UERJ

Mestranda em Letras (Estudos Literários) pela Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Pós-graduada em Metodologia do Ensino de Artes pela Faculdade de Educação São Luís. Graduada em Educação Artística (Desenho) pela Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. E-mail: dannyreisaraujo@gmail.com. Orcid:
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1038-4760.

João Paulo da Silva Nascimento, UERJ

Mestrando em Letras (Estudos Linguísticos) pela Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Pós-graduando em Linguística Aplicada e Ensino de Línguas pela Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul. Graduado em Letras (Português-Literaturas) pela Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. E-mail: jpn0401@gmail.com. Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8392-4265.

Published

2026-07-06

How to Cite

Reis Araújo, D., & da Silva Nascimento, J. P. (2026). DEAF SLAM: CONTEMPORARY EXPRESSION OF BRAZILIAN LITERATURE?. E-scrita, 12(1), 248–257. Retrieved from https://revistasuniabeu.com.br/index.php/revista-e-scrita/article/view/343