Youth and Human Rights in Contemporary Brazil: The Possibilities of Theater in the Affirmation of Rights

Abstract

This article discusses the theater as an instrument that contributes to human emancipation, as it allows the subjects who practice it to analyze their reality through a different perspective from the one proposed by the current order. Glimpsing the impact that human rights violations have on the lives of young people in contemporary Brazil, especially those who are marginalized and have their identity made invisible by society, we analyze theater as a possibility for the recognition of their totality. In this way, the objective of the article is to treat the manifestation of the artistic expression of the theater as a way for the youths to recognize themselves in the realities put on stage, in a sense of affirmation of their rights.