Poetics of tears: women’s texts and contexts (theory and practice)”

Women’s tears constitute a language of broad anthropological significance, translated into the most varied fields of human expression: painting, sculpture, religion, philosophy, literature, cinema, music, theater, costume…

Because of the diversity of situations in which they surprise and represent, women’s tears carry an intersubjective message, whose “mute rhetoric” surpasses the power of words in radical situations.

Tears are, in a way, a hidden narrative, carrying with them a permanent tension between the desired world and the possible world, questioning the place of human beings in the world, their relationship with the divine, the meaning of suffering or joy…

This colloquium aims to take an in-depth look at the psychology, function, symbol, power or fragility of women’s tears, as a contribution to the still very incipient and fragmented History of Tears.

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Scientific Committee

Amélia Polónia – Scientific Coordinator of CITCEM

Antónia Fialho Conde – Researcher at CIDEHUS; Professor at UEVORA

Isabel Morujão – Researcher at CITCEM; Professor at FLUP

Luís Fardilha – Researcher at CITCEM; Professor at FLUP

Verónica Zaragoza Gómez – Professor at the Universitat de València

Zulmira Santos – Researcher at CITCEM; Professor at FLUP

Organizing Committee

Isabel Morujão – Researcher at CITCEM; Professor at FLUP

Geise Teixeira – PhD student at FLUP; CITCEM; CAPES scholarship holder

Ana Reis – PhD student at FLUP; CITCEM; FCT scholarship holder

Secretariat

Vanessa Sousa

Marlene Cruz