The Feminine Bodies’ Government between Garbage Collectors: (Re)Thinking some Implications of Health Education

Authors

  • Fabiane Ferreira da Silva Universidade Federal do Rio Grande
  • Paula Regina Costa Ribeiro Universidade Federal do Rio Grande

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-026X2008000200013

Abstract

In this present work, we aimed at analyzing the discourses on sexual and reproductive health of women who join the Solidary Movement Association Beehive, in order to understand to what extent these women have been focused by the discourses of education in health, more specifically, the policies and campaigns towards female bodies. To do so, we analyzed the women’s narratives produced along the meetings of the course Women and Citizenship. In this study, we problematized how such discourses inscribe different signs in the bodies, teaching habits, values, beliefs, ways of perceiving, being and acting as women as well as thinking and acting towards their bodies. In this sense, we established connections with the cultural and gender studies in its post-structuralist verges, and with some propositions of Michel Foucault.

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Published

2008-05-02

How to Cite

Silva, F. F. da, & Ribeiro, P. R. C. (2008). The Feminine Bodies’ Government between Garbage Collectors: (Re)Thinking some Implications of Health Education. Revista Estudos Feministas, 16(2), 557–580. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-026X2008000200013

Issue

Vol. 16 No. 2 (2008)

Section

Thematic Articles

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