Brilham estrelas de São João: gênero, raça, e sexualidade em performance nas festas juninas de Belém – PA

Abstract

This research aims to analyze the expression of sexual and gender diversity, intersected by conceptions of race, in the context of the June festivals in Belém. From ethnography produced in June competitions held on "peripheral" areas of the city and also in competitions promoted by Belém City Hall and Government of the State of Pará, it is proposed to address these contests as a moment of ritualized social congregation. It is assumed that the participation of certain subjects in this festive context (especially cisgender women, gay men, travestis and transgender people) can yield important insights about processes in which gender, race and sexuality are articulated in performance. In an approach that focuses on the analysis of the ethnographic context from the questioning of social markers of difference articulated, this research is dedicated to the understanding of how the June festivals produce gendered, racialized and sexualized people. The intention is to give intelligibility to a tense process of recognition of certain subjects in the context of a popular festive cycle produced by the State but also by peripheral cultural producers in Belém.