"Taking care of the house" and "M.U.L.H.E.R." (WOMAN)

A reflection on movement, democracy and domestic work

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Abstract

This text analyzes the performance Cuidando da Casa (2018), by Coletiva Elas, to consider the aesthetic and political relations present in the intersection between the arts of the body and domestic work. To this end, authors of feminist literature from a pluriversal perspective are evoked, such as Sayak Valência (2010), Beatriz Nascimento (2018), Preta Rara (2019), Aza Njeri (2020) and Juliana Teixeira (2021), among others. The continuity of these perspectives is worked on by the Coletivo in the show M.U.L.H.E.R. (2018), whose examination also contributes to reflections on dance/performance/theater practice and domestic service as manual labor hierarchized in a patriarchal and colonialist perspective. Keywords: Domestic work; Dance; Body arts; Body-document.

Published

2025-08-07