A Not so Secret Garden: English Roses, Victorian Aestheticism and the Making of Social Identities

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Iolanda Ramos

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A rosa inglesa tem uma longa tradição na Grã-Bretanha como símbolo nacional, em larga medida por constituir uma metáfora que se aplica a uma mulher possuidora de beleza natural e de personalidade determinada. Na era vitoriana, a linguagem das flores transmitia um código de valores sociais e morais bem estabelecido e identificável, tendo a simbologia floral sido amplamente utilizada no domínio artístico. Numa época dominada pela industrialização, o preceito ruskiniano de se ir ao encontro da Natureza inspirou não só o esteticismo pré-rafaelita mas também inúmeras mulheres comuns que aspiravam transformar o lar num paraíso e num jardim, onde desempenhariam o papel de anjo e de rainha. Numa perspectiva crítica neovictoriana, importa reinterpretar a idealização de papéis sociais como uma construção de identidades com o potencial subversivo de dar voz a quem não se fazia ouvir. Em suma, as representações florais, quer em sentido literal, quer figurado, contribuem para um melhor conhecimento da cultura inglesa oitocentista e contemporânea. O presente artigo visa, deste modo, articular questões de género, de identidade e de história cultural.

Palavras-chave: Mulheres, Identidade social, Linguagem das flores, Esteticismo pré-rafaelita, Cultura visual

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