Itapecuruense literature

The patriarchy in Mariana Luz's "play"

Abstract

The present study focuses efforts on a process of elucidating a predominantly male culture, where men always receive a prominent place in relation to women. This work, therefore, aims to understand how female subservience, as well as the culture of patriarchy, manifests itself within Mariana Luz's Play. Without necessarily the lack of the show, the notes made by Pascolati (2009) were taken as a contribution. With regard to the phenomenon of patriarchy, the notes raised by Freyre (2003) together with Del Priore (2011) were adopted. The methodology adopted is bibliographical in nature, as it is part of a process of re-reading previous investigations in order to achieve a credible theoretical contribution. From the results obtained, it was evident that the institutionalized relationships within Play Theater keep a close relationship with those present since the time of colonial Brazil, where there were, or rather, there are still clear discrepancies between "being a man" and "being woman". Based on the above, it is concluded that the patriarchal culture remains, not only within the analyzed work, but in society as a whole, as a guiding principle in the relations between men and women.