
Falatório/Chatter
Stella do Patrocínio(Author)
ICI Berlin Press
Published on 7. October 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
XVII, 287 pages
978-3-96558-100-5 (ISBN)
Description
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.
Reviews / Votes
Stella do Patrocínio is a force to be reckoned with. Through her falatório / chatter, she liberates herself from the stigma of exclusion, offering a transformative interpretation of Brazil. From within the thick walls of a former sugar plantation turned mental asylum, her poetry chronicles how historical marginalization bred psychiatric violence in twentieth-century Brazil, straddling both dictatorial and democratic regimes. Those who, like her, entered confinement from the lower rungs of Brazilian society, endured a compounded erasure from historical and literary canon. Stella, however, breaks the mould by claiming authority over her own body and artistic expression. In this fascinating collection of all known materials produced by her at the Colônia Juliano Moreira, Iracema Dulley and Marlon Miguel create a new and sympathetic record of Stella's embodied poetic practice. Offered for the first time in Portuguese and English translation, the book presents Stella alongside short commentaries from those who knew or studied her. Ultimately, even if mediated by transcription, Stella's voice continues to urge us to listen in for social justice. In Falatório, readers will find both wisdom and sorrow paving the way for Black intellectual history in Brazil. - Isadora Moura Mota, Assistant Professor of History, Princeton UniversityMore details
Series
Language
English
Other
Place of publication
Germany
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 127 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
377 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-96558-100-5 (9783965581005)
Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Content
Acknowledgments
Editorial Statement on Ethics
Translator's Note
Preface by Mariléa de Almeida
Stella do Patrocínio's Falatório: Notes on Context and Content | IRACEMA DULLEY AND MARLON MIGUEL | 1-38
[Audio recorded by Carla Guagliardi] | STELLA DO PATROCÍNIO AND | 39-179
Caderno/Notebook | STELLA DO PATROCÍNIO | 181-191
Versos, Reversos, Pensamentos e Algo Mais. / Verses, Reverses, Thoughts, and More. | STELLA DO PATROCÍNIO AND | 193-243
[Video recorded by Carla Guagliardi] | STELLA DO PATROCÍNIO, , AND | 245-251
COMMENTARIES
It's Stella and a Constellation We Should Be Talking About | CARLA GUAGLIARDI | 255-262
Why Read and Listen to Stella do Patrocínio? | ANNA CAROLINA ZACHARIAS | 263-267
Orality and Listening as an Ethical Practice at the Bispo do Rosário Contemporary Art Museum | CAROLINA RODRIGUES DE LIMA AND DIANA KOLKER CARNEIRO DA CUNHA | 269-280
ADDITIONAL ONLINE MATERIAL
[Vídeo of Audio 1] | STELLA DO PATROCÍNIO
References
Notes on the Contributors