"De vrouwen op straat maar niet als het donker is" : Feminisme in Habitus van Radna Fabias

Abstract

This work consists in a feminist analysis of the poetry collection « Habitus » by Radna Fabias, published in 2018. The first part provides a brief presentation to the author and her work. The second part outlines the feminist strive and its many revendications. Those mainly unfolded in Europe and in the United States of America from 1789 on. Then, this piece of work presents the life of Caribbean women from Curaçao after the abolition of slavery from 1863 till nowadays. Finally, the last part provides a feminist perspective of Fabias’ poetry. The aim is to show the way certain poems written by Fabias can be considered as having a deep feminist value.