Primavera Latina: corpo e performance de mulheres latinas nos protestos de 2019

Abstract

This article aims to understand how female bodies that appear in journalistic images of " Latin American Spring" protests can be understood as repertoires of political action. From the articulation between the notion of repertoire as performance (TILLY, 2008) and the performative theory of assembly (BUTLER, 2016), a visual analysis of photographs of reports published on Brazilian journalistic websites was carried out. We conclude that there are three types of repertoires in common triggered by these protests: a) the configuration of who the people are based on the bodies on the street; b) the vulnerability of female bodies expressed in confrontations especially involving police authorities and c) the vulnerability triggered as a political power, based on performances, bodies in struggle, message bodies, expressions of motherhood and symbols.