Falatório/Chatter

<p><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Falatório/Chatter</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> 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 </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>falatório</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> 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.</span></p>