Banca de DEFESA: FRANCISMARA DE OLIVEIRA LELIS

Uma banca de DEFESA de DOUTORADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : FRANCISMARA DE OLIVEIRA LELIS
DATE: 31/10/2025
TIME: 14:00
LOCAL: videoconferência
TITLE:

In Whom the Belly Dances? Historical Reflections on Egyptian Dance Through the Travel Writings of Eça de Queirós, second half of the 19th century.

KEY WORDS:

EçEgyptian dances. Eça de Queiroz. Travel report. Orientalism.

PAGES: 129
BIG AREA: Ciências Humanas
AREA: História
SUMMARY:

This thesis investigates the characterizations attributed to dances practiced in Egypt in the second half of the 19th century, according to Eça de Queiroz’s travelogue, entitled “O Egito – Notas de Viagem”, and inserts itself into historiographical debates on orientalism, gender and colonialism. The study seeks to historicize the senses and meanings attributed by the author to Egyptian dances, considering the specificities of Portuguese orientalism and the gender dynamics present in the narrative. The research reveals how European domination contributed to the feminization of these dances and the consequent historical erasure of the men who also performed them, since their artistic practices did not align with European ideals of masculinity. Through discourse analysis, the thesis explores the symbolic and social disputes surrounding dancing bodies, the spaces they occupied and the meanings they produced, highlighting the relevance of dance as an object of historical study and its connection with power and identity relations in the colonial context.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Externa à Instituição - PAULA CAROLINA DE ANDRADE CARVALHO - UNIFESP
Interna - 1055487 - CAROLINA GUAL DA SILVA
Interno - 1772144 - FABIO HENRIQUE LOPES
Presidente - 1544166 - MARIA DA GLORIA DE OLIVEIRA
Externa à Instituição - ROBERTA DA ROCHA SALGUEIRO - OUTRO