PUNITA WIKA: The poetics of resistance in the work Ay Kakyri Tama: I Live in the City, by Márcia Kambeba
Indigenous literatures. Poetry of resistance. Marcia Kambeba.
Considering that literature by indigenous authors, since its emergence, has been related to political-cultural activism, and that poetry has historically been used as an instrument of social criticism, the writings of native poets become pertinent as resources of resistance and engagement as debates for the rights of original people’s progress. The present study aims to analyze the work Ay Kakyri Tama: Eu moro na cidade (2018), by author Marcia Kambeba, with the aim of identifying the facets of the poetics of resistance in indigenous literature and provoking reflections on the identity issues of the struggle of original peoples Brazilians present in the text. To this end, we start with a presentation about the history and struggle of the Omágua/Kambeba people and the author of the work. Further on, the constituent voices of indigenous lyrics and poetry as resistance literature are conceptualized, as well as the singularities of indigenous women's writing. From the constitution of these voices and female indigenous poetics, we then begin to analyze the work of Marcia Kambeba within the defined framework. As a theoretical foundation, the research uses studies by Graúna (2014), Munduruku (2012), Kambeba (2020) and Danner; Dorrico and Danner (2019; 2020), as well as appropriating concepts of resistance from Bosi (2000) and Foucault (1979; 2009). The analyzes point to the relevance of indigenous authorship in breaking prejudices and stereotypes, as well as in promoting and organizing the fight for rights, being also used as a cultural instrument of political activism. Furthermore, we seek to open paths for the inclusion of indigenous literature in the formation of a new national canon, in recognition of the excellence of this type of artistic and literary production.