Abstract
Articulating feminism with issues of race, this paper aims at presenting some Afro-Brazilian novels written by women, which expose the theme of violence – both physical, and the more complex, diversified manifestations of symbolic violence against Afro-Brazilians. In the relative absence of historical records, this fictional material can also be seen as (re)creations of their lives, the extreme cruelties they suffered not only under slavery, but also in contemporary society, and the ways they devise to overcome and transcend these experiences. Emphasis on the novels Becos da Memoria ( Memory Lane ) by Conceicao Evaristo e Um Defeito de Cor ( A Colour Defect ), by Ana Maria Goncalves.
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