Luiz Gama and the racial satire as the transgression poetry

diasporic poetry as counter-narrative to the idea of race

Abstract

This article interprets and analyzes the cultural production of the poet,
journalist, mason, abolitionist, lawyer and political leader Luiz Gama. The
city of São Paulo was the area of his accomplishments, best location for
the emergence of a diasporic identity politics. Prioritized, the analysis of
his poetic narratives, how Luiz Gama wore race, identity, modernity and
memory of slavery to mediate social reality and ethno-racial relations.