De dia é João e de noite é Maria: o espaço geográfico lido a partir do corpo das drag queens

Abstract

This dissertation aims to reveal the influence that a drag queen has in urban space formation, along with the space influence in the building of corporeities. The drag queen’s body may not look like a geographical theme. However, as Hissa e Nogueira (2013) reveals, the space dimensions are open, unfinished, diverse, and also made from untouchable textures and immaterial; the space is skin, body, floor, and city. That way, our question is: What is the relationship between space and bodies that can influence the way a drag queen experiences the city? For that, we analyze the experience of drag queens in Natal (RN), and we count the answers of 146 Natal night consumers to an online questionnaire. This way, according to the phenomenal reveal itself, we pored over into theorical-conceptual questions that indicate an existence of a Geography Performance, where the lives space during the day life shows up as a factor that influences the construction of corporeities, in addition, reveals the influence of a drag queen in the space (in person or on a flyer) for the construction of an idea about this space and, consequently, defines territories in the night city. Been said, this master research comes as a journey of discovery and reflection, revealing dimensions that can look disconnected, or could be passed by, but influence the configuration of the urban space, in the addiction of the space influence in the build of a person.