The Power of Blood: The sickness and Spiritual Vulnerability in Southern Guyana

Courtney Stafford-Walter

doi:10.1590/1806-9584-2023v31n395248

Autores

Courtney Stafford-Walter University of Edinburgh

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/1806-9584-2023v31n395248

Palavras-chave:

Doença, Espíritos, Menstruação, Pessoa genderizada, Escolaridade

Resumo

Neste artigo, a autora coloca a literatura existente sobre pessoa genderizada e espaço, e as relações entre os fluidos corporais e o mundo espiritual, em diálogo com um relato etnográfico específico sobre a enfermidade (The sickness) no Sul da Guiana. A enfermidade é uma doença espiritual que atinge meninas ameríndias vivendo em dormitórios de internatos na Guiana e manifesta-se sob ataques violentos repetidos. Ao explorar as reações dos membros da comunidade e dos pais da menina a essa enfermidade incomum, e também como eles vinculam-na ao poder do sangue menstrual, o artigo lida com a pessoa genderizada e a transformação, e o que significa para uma jovem mulher ameríndia atingir a maioridade em face da rápida mudança social.

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