Falatório/Chatter delves into the life and work of Stella do Patrocínio (1941–1992), who was confined in Rio de Janeiro’s Colônia Juliano Moreira psychiatric asylum from the age of twenty-one until her death. The unique form of relentless speech that Do Patrocínio produced while institutionalized was dismissed by doctors as mere ‘logorrhoea’. Yet her falatório is far more: a defiant and poetic act that resists erasure by psychiatry, racism, and patriarchy. Drawing on a wide range of archival material, this book presents transcriptions of Do Patrocínio’s chatter in Portuguese and English, amplifying her voice as a testament to survival, power, and resistance.
ISBN 978-3-96558-099-2 | Hardcover | 45 EUR
ISBN 978-3-96558-100-5 | Paperback | 17.5 EUR
xvii, 287 pp. | 20.3 cm x 12.7 cm
ISBN 978-3-96558-101-2 | PDF | Open Access
ISBN 978-3-96558-102-9 | EPUB | Open Access
Cultural Inquiry, 35
ISSN (Print): 2627-728X
ISSN (Online): 2627-731X
Contents
- Stella do Patrocínio’s Falatório: Notes on Context and Content
- [Audio recorded by Carla Guagliardi]
- Caderno/Notebook
- Versos, Reversos, Pensamentos e Algo Mais… / Verses, Reverses, Thoughts, and More…
- [Video recorded by Carla Guagliardi]
Commentaries
- It’s Stella and a Constellation We Should Be Talking About
- Why Read and Listen to Stella do Patrocínio?
- Orality and Listening as an Ethical Practice at the Bispo do Rosário Contemporary Art Museum