Espaços de representação: a construção do livro populário LGBTQIA+

Abstract

The main objective of this experimental project is to experiment with all stages of the editorial process in an independent publication in a crowdfunding, which is a product that is not only graphically pleasant, but that carries a social nature by contributing directly to bibliodiversity; represents experiences of LGBTQIA+ people in a multiple and inclusive way; and introduces new Brazilian authors to the publishing market. From these objectives arises the creation of the book Populário LGBTQIA+: vivências, narrativas e laços, a space in which we focus our goals while keeping the discussion on literature and the space of legitimation of the economic elite, according to Regina Dalcastagnè (2012) and Mário César Lugarinho (2003). While, to fulfill the various editorial stages, we used a methodological triangulation proposed by Jensen and Jankowski (apud Figaro, 2014) as a method of obtaining results. Concentrating our efforts on the construction of the book, we created Editora Crisálida as a space of insertion in the market, in addition to bringing together a diverse editorial body to assist us in the stages of illustration and selection of contents, as well as the revision of the manuscripts. In this space, we inserted first time authors, in order to create an environment of representation by and for LGBTQIA+ people, using independent publication as a means of legitimation with the public, in the printing of 300 copies of Populário and its paratexts defined by Gérard Genette (2009). While we base our technical decisions on the book with Emanuel de Araújo (2008), Jan Tschichold (2007), and graphic choices with Ellen Lupton (2006, 2018), to question literature and spaces of legitimation through other ways of publication. Offering possibilities of existence and legitimization to unpublished works, with the success of the crowdfunding campaign and the insertion of Editora Crisálida and its first launch in the Brazilian publishing market.