My dissertation addresses and responds to research and practical interventions on gender in the Andean area. In it, I argue for the native Andean gender system's pertinence as an explanatory variable of past and present gender relations. This gender arrangement's name is 'Complementarity and Parallel Lines of Descent' (CPLD) (Silverblatt, 1985; Harris, 1987; Hardman, 2005; Vieira, 2005); it holds equivalent and complementary functions for women and men inside and outside the home. CPLD prevents women's subordination and the over-valuing of men's actions and characteristics on the basis of women's independent access to vital resources and the non-separation and non-primacy of the productive/public over the reproductive/private sphere (Roel Pineda, V., 1981-83; Lajo, J. 1985-6). Three independent studies show the empirical and theoretical importance of CPLD: 1) social identity observations during socio-anthropological field work on rural-to-urban migration in Lima, Peru (Lloyd, 1981; Herencia, 1985); 2) an historical monograph on CPLD's manifestations in the Tupac Amaru II Rebellion of the 1780's (Herencia, 1999); and 3) a political sociology essay on contemporary social movements in the Andes, seen through the prism of ethnicity and gender (Herencia, 2006). The transformation of gender relations through social identity moments (Study 1) serves to propose the theoretical coexistence and evolution, in a dominant/dominated condition, of engendered Native Andean and Western capitalist socio-cultural systems. For this reason, observations of gender at any point in time should consider the relation between the two. Also hypothetically, the Andean socio-cultural system's distinctive quality may result from Andean women's unrestricted social involvement, in contrast to that in the Western patriarchal capitalist system (and others). From a native people's perspective, conserving worldview and culture in past and present times implies preserving native gender relations. CPLD manifestations are ubiquitous in the Andean socio-cultural system’s traditions, beliefs and practices. Indigenous social movements need to fend off ideological barriers that obscure this gender system's existence, consciously ratifying and honoring the gender relations that continue to sustain the social reproduction of communities in not less than half the population of Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and surrounding areas. CPLD's intrinsic merits are indispensable for a genuine response to capitalist patriarchy. / text

This dissertation analyzes the narrative use of sound, the rhetorical appeal to be heard and the trope of listening in African American literature as well as Hollywood and international cinema. Contributing to the burgeoning fields of film sound and listening studies, Chapter One explores the relationship between the first experiments with synchronous sound recording technology and the construction of subjectivity along the lines of ethnicity, religion and gender in early talkies such as Al Jolson's The Jazz Singer and Alfred Hitchcock's Blackmail. Chapter Two surveys a range of abolitionist texts and select essays from the Civil Rights movement--particularly David Walker's Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World, Frederick Douglass's first autobiography Narrative of the Life and his novella "The Heroic Slave," W. E. B. Du Bois's The Souls of Black Folk and Richard Wright's White Man, Listen!--in order to review the role of listening across racial divides in the United States. Chapter Three analyzes the multiple ways in which listening functions for narrative purposes in Wright's best-selling novel, Native Son; and Chapter Four addresses the trouble with listening in Wright's posthumous novel A Father's Law and Hitchcock's first color film, Rope.Contributing to film studies, gender studies, and critical race theory, this thesis argues that the act of listening comes to function figuratively as a trope, signifying not only a means of recognition, interpellation and subjugation of an Other but also an instrument of justice; a matter of politics; a means of education; a potential remedy for alienation, while at the same time working as a tool of oppression; a formative act in familial and other social relations; a governing form of surveillance; an audial gaze, so to speak; a way to frighten, or more generally, evoke emotion; a part of the therapeutic process; an indication of trust or confidence; a manifestation of (sexual) desire; and, last but certainly not least, an age old form of entertainment forever transformed by sound technology of the industrial age.

<p>The first objective of this study is to show if diffusion of contraception in areas of traditional high fertility has gone through profound changes. Indeed, we would like to know if contraceptive behaviours have evolved because of new fertility perceptions and also because partners now have greater freedom to make choices in a relationship. The second objective of this study is not only to highlight the levels and trends of contraception and the factors influencing their use (government policies, role of family planning, etc.) in developing countries, but also to consider the population of unmet-needs of contraception. Indeed, the level of contraceptive use depends obviously on users, but also on non-users with no needs and non-users with unsatisfied needs. The understanding of this last category of females is essential to a more accurate estimation of contraception levels, and, therefore for the estimation of fertility levels. This study analyses the contraceptive use in several developing countries in Africa and highlights the unsatisfied needs of contraception, to understand why such needs exist. To do so, we shall analyse available demographic data for thirty-five African countries by using the available Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), from the 1980&rsquo / s to 2000&rsquo / s considering the DHS I, DHS II, DHS III and DHS IV. This great variety of surveys, seventy-nine in total, permits one to compare levels of contraception and &ldquo / unmet-needs&rdquo / from country to country. The surveys also, make it possible to compare the evolution over time of specific countries or specific regions, and to subsequently comprehend the determining factors of contraceptive use or non-use.</p>

Adolescent pregnancy has been associated with adverse health and social outcomes, but it has also been favorably viewed as a pathway to adulthood. In Ecuador, where 20% of girls aged between 15-19 years get pregnant, the adolescent fertility rate has increased and inequalities between adolescent girls from different educational, socio-economic levels and geographical regions are prominent: 43% of illiterate adolescents become pregnant compared to 11% with secondary education. The highest adolescent fertility rates are found in the Amazon Basin.   The overall aim of this study was to explore adolescent pregnancy in the Amazon Basin of Ecuador (Orellana province) from a rights and gender approach. Specific aims and methodologies included: to explore women‟s reproductive health situation, focusing on government‟s obligations, utilization of services, inequities and implementation challenges, assessed through a community-based cross-sectional survey and a policy analysis (Paper I); to examine risk factors associated with adolescent pregnancy, through a case-control study (Paper II); to explore experiences and emotions around pregnancy and motherhood among adolescent girls, using content analysis (Paper III); and to analyze providers‟ and policy makers‟ discourses on adolescent pregnancies (Paper IV).   Reproductive health status findings for women in Orellana indicated a reality more dismal than that depicted in official national health data and policies. Inequities existed within the province, with rural indigenous women having reduced access to reproductive health services. In Orellana, 37.4% of girls aged 15-19 had experienced pregnancy, almost double the national average. Risk factors associated with adolescent pregnancy at the behavioral level included early sexual debut and non-use of contraception, and at the structural level poverty, having suffered from sexual abuse, and family disruption. Gender inequity played a key role through the machismo-marianismo system. Girls were raised to be fearful and ignorant regarding sexuality and reproduction, to be submissive and obedient, to be fatalistic, and to accept the established order of the male and adult dominance. Sexuality was conceptualized as negative, while motherhood was idealized. Those gender structures constrained girls‟ agency, making them less able to make choices regarding their sexual and reproductive lives. Providers‟ discourses and practices were also strongly influenced by gender structures. Adolescent sexuality was not sanctioned, girls‟ access to contraceptives still faced opposition, adolescent autonomy was regarded as dangerous, and pregnancy and reproductive health issues were conceptualized as girls‟ responsibility. However, mechanisms of resistance and challenge were also found both among adolescent girls and providers.   Programs addressing adolescent pregnancies in the area need to look at the general situation of women‟s reproductive health and address the gaps regarding access and accountability. Adolescent pregnancy prevention programs should acknowledge the key role of structural factors and put emphasis on gender issues. Gender inequity affects many of the factors that influence adolescent pregnancies; sexual abuse, girls‟ limited access to use contraceptives, and girls‟ curtailed capability to decide regarding marriage or sexual intercourse, are strongly linked with young women‟s subordination. By challenging negative attitudes towards adolescents‟ sexuality, the encounter between providers and adolescents could become an opportunity for strengthening girls‟ reproductive and sexual agency.

Orientador: Margarida Maria de Carvalho / Resumo: Tradicionalmente reduzida a um impulso exclusivo de comicidade, a inserção de personagens femininas nas comédias de Aristófanes foi lida por alguns historiadores como uma preocupação do teatrólogo em ridicularizar a imagem da mulher grega. Ao nos debruçarmos sobre a leitura das peças Lisístrata (411 a.C.), As Tesmoforiantes (411 a.C.) e Assembleia de Mulheres (392 a.C.), encenadas no contexto da Guerra do Peloponeso e posterior derrota de Atenas, formulamos a hipótese de que a esposa legítima foi representada como mantenedora da cidade ateniense, uma vez que percebemos a ênfase em sua importância cívica por ser considerada um veículo justo de crítica nas peças aristofânicas. Ao problematizar os acontecimentos e decisões políticas de seu período, o comediógrafo o fez inserindo mulheres ativas em suas obras, responsáveis por aconselhar seus maridos sobre aquilo que julgavam prejudicial à pólis. Pela lei de Péricles, vigente a partir de meados do V século a.C., eram essas mulheres ativas que carregavam o compromisso de reproduzir cidadãos atenienses, contribuindo para a manutenção da lógica democrática clássica. Em nossa visão, o poeta publicita a faceta atuante e interventora do feminino justamente porque ela estava calcada na legitimidade da transmissão da cidadania. Pautados na análise da documentação textual e na História de Gênero, pretendemos compreender a participação feminina, especificamente das esposas legítimas, na sociedade ateniense do V e início do IV séculos a.C.,... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: Traditionally reduced to an exclusive comicality impulse, the insertion of female characters in the comedies of Aristophanes was read by some historians as a concern of the playwright in ridiculing the image of Greek woman. When we dive into the reading of Lysistrata (411 BC), Thesmophoriazusae (411 BC) and Assemblywomen (392 BC), staged in the context of the Peloponnesian War and subsequent defeat of Athens, we formulated the hypothesis that the legitimate wife was represented as maintainer of the Athenian city, since we perceive the emphasis in her civic importance as a righteous vehicle of criticism in Aristophanes‘ plots. In problematizing the occurrences and political decisions of his period, the playwright did it inserting active women in his plots; they were responsible for advising their husbands on what they judged to be harmful to the polis. By the law of Pericles, valid since the middle of the fifth century BC, these active women were committed to reproducing Athenian citizens, contributing to the maintenance of the classical democratic logic. In our view, the poet shows the acting and intervening facet of the feminine precisely because it was based on the legitimacy citizenship transmission. Based on the analysis of the textual documentation and on Gender History, we intend to understand the feminine participation, specifically of the legitimate wives, in the Athenian society of the fifth and beginning of the fourth centuries BC, by problematizing the relation bet... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Mestre

Made available in DSpace on 2015-03-26T13:33:49Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 texto completo.pdf: 2855461 bytes, checksum: 16d55a707bc0082efee6dbab629f4fda (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-06-27 / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico / This dissertation examined the social effects on women s lives that participate in the Movement of Affected by Dams (MAB). Taken as reference three rural localities in the state of Minas Gerais, which are: Miguel Rodrigues, Emboque and resettlement Guaiana, all stricken Small Hydroeletric Fumaça. The research aimed to investigate the effects of female participation in social MAB in gender relations and forms of empowerment in the public and private sectors. We tried to understand the relations power from places lived in the house and property, community and social movement, focusing on categories like place, sexual division of labor and empowerment. This is a descriptive and explanatory research that used questionnaires, semi-structured interviews, document analysis and journal entries for field data collection. The results showed that women's participation in collective action is linked primarily on the desire to maintain their lifestyles, even in forms of power that cause gender disparities. Moreover, even if women participate in grassroots groups in communities and other spaces outside their localities, they can t break the gender roles that mark the places of women and men in family spaces, house, property, and in community spaces. It gives the maintenance of power relations and the fixed and rigid roles for men and women in public spaces in the communities which they live. But there was a difference in handling between the female private and public spheres, which leads to greater empowerment of leaders than for another woman organized. / Esta dissertação analisou os efeitos sociais na vida das mulheres que participam do Movimento dos Atingidos por Barragens (MAB). Tomou-se como referência três localidades rurais do interior do Estado de Minas Gerais, quais sejam: Miguel Rodrigues, Emboque e reassentamento Guaiana; todas atingidas pela Pequena Central Hidrelétrica Fumaça. A pesquisa teve como objetivo investigar os efeitos sociais da participação feminina no MAB nas relações de gênero e nas formas de empoderamento, no âmbito público e privado. Buscou-se perceber as relações de poder a partir dos lugares vividos da casa e da propriedade, da comunidade e do movimento social, focalizando as categorias como Lugar, divisão sexual do trabalho e empoderamento. Trata-se de uma pesquisa descritiva e explicativa que fez o uso de questionários, de entrevistas semi-estruturadas, da análise documental e das anotações no diário de campo para a coleta de dados. Os resultados apontaram que a participação das mulheres na ação coletiva se vincula primeiramente ao desejo de manutenção dos seus modos de vida, mesmo sob formas de poder que causam as disparidades de gênero. Além disso, mesmo que as mulheres participem dos grupos de base nas comunidades e de outros espaços fora de suas localidades, estas não conseguem romper com os papéis de gênero que demarcam os lugares femininos e masculinos nos espaços familiares, da casa, da propriedade, assim como nos espaços comunitários. O que confere a manutenção de relações de poder e dos papéis fixos e rígidos para mulheres e homens nos espaços públicos das comunidades em que vivem. Mas, observou-se uma diferenciação na movimentação feminina entre as esferas privada e pública, que ocasiona maior o empoderamento das lideranças do que para demais mulheres organizadas.

Esta pesquisa propõe descrever e problematizar o contexto da construção das performances masculinas de trabalhadores que ficaram alojados em um canteiro de obras para a construção de uma usina hidrelétrica no oeste catarinense, no Sul do Brasil. Teoricamente, este estudo está situado no campo de conhecimento da Psicologia Social e Institucional na sua vertente pós-estruturalista, a qual entende os sujeitos como produtos de determinadas construções sociais. O estudo é baseado centralmente em Michel Foucault e Judith Butler. A metodologia foi guiada pela abordagem etnográfica e análise das formações discursivas. O corpus foi constituído basicamente por observações de campo e entrevistas. A pesquisa buscou descrever como são (re – des) construídas estas subjetividades masculinas, desde o processo de mobilização para a vinda e instalação destes trabalhadores, a composição da cidade temporária instalada no canteiro de obras até o processo de desmobilização. Este processo fala da itinerância destes homens interpelados como barrageiros. As análises compuseram-se por elementos que tomam eixos os elementos fundamentais da edificação destas masculinidades – a atividade sexual; a relação com a prostituição; o trabalho pesado e arriscado ligado à construção civil; a convivência nos alojamentos; a relação com as famílias; a corporalidade, e as relações de amizade/solidariedade que se constroem no processo de seguir barragens. A partir deste estudo, vislumbraram-se diferentes modos de ser homem, apesar de existirem modelos hegemônicos de masculinidades conectados à matriz heteronormativa, os quais entram em tensão e se reformulam de acordo com os marcadores sociais em questão (origem, escolaridade, idade), a época, o local e as relações que se estabelecem dentro da continuidade e da estabilidade que se constrói na itinerância dos/as seguidores/as de barragens. / This research aims at describing and discussing the context of the construction of the performances of male workers who were housed in a building site for the construction of a hydroelectric power plant in western Santa Catarina, southern Brazil. Theoretically, this study is situated in the field of knowledge of Social and Institutional Psychology in its post-structuralist stream, which takes individuals as products of certain social constructs. This study is based mainly on Michel Foucault and Judith Butler. The methodology was guided by the ethnographic approach and by the analysis of discursive formations. The body was formed mostly by field observations and interviews. The research sought to describe how there are (re - de) constructed these mascua line subjectivities, from the mobilization process for the arrival and installation of these workers, the composition of the city temporarily installed at the works site, up to the demobilization process. All this process talks about the itinerancy of these men who are interpellated as barrageiros (“the men of the dams”). The analyses were composed of elements that take as axes the key elements in building these masculinities – the sexual activity, the relationship with prostitution, the hard and risky work linked to civil construction, the common living in the accommodations, the relationship with the family, the corporeality, and the relations of friendship/solidarity that are built in the process of following dams. From this study, there were devised different ways of being a man, despite the existence of hegemonic patterns of masculinities connected to the heteronormative matrix, which come into tension and are revised according to the social markers in question (origin, educational level, age), the time, the place and the relationships established within the continuity and stability that are built along the itinerancy of these men following the dams.

O emprego doméstico é uma forma de oferta de trabalho reprodutivo que emprega principalmente mulheres de classes e raças desprivilegiadas dentro do sistema capitalista. Estas características parecem acentuar-se nos países com alto nível de desigualdade social, como no caso dos latino-americanos, em que a formação dos estados-nação ocorreu de maneira racialmente estratificada. No caso do Brasil, a formação do trabalho doméstico remunerado está associada ao nosso passado escravocrata e a permanência de relações raciais desiguais após a abolição. O objetivo principal desta dissertação é analisar as principais características do emprego e das pessoas ocupadas como domésticas no Brasil, tanto para traçar-lhes um perfil atualizado como para evidenciar as principais mudanças em anos recentes. Secundariamente, tratamos de analisar as relações de gênero e raça envolvidas na ocupação doméstica, e a evolução da legislação trabalhista brasileira, buscando compreender avanços e permanências nas duas últimas décadas. Utilizamos como metodologia no tratamento da evidência empírica, a estatística descritiva, com base em dados da Pesquisa de Emprego de Desemprego (PED), para sete regiões metropolitanas brasileiras, para os anos de 1996 a 2013. Também foi realizada revisão de literatura e das normas legais sobre o tema. A despeito da importância do emprego doméstico como empregador de mão de obra feminina, especialmente negra no país, é uma ocupação que possui historicamente alto nível de informalidade, baixos salários e legislação trabalhista inferior às demais categorias. Apesar da grande precariedade, houve, nas últimas duas décadas mudanças marcantes, que se relacionam tanto ao perfil ocupacional e da ocupação. Houve também avanços nas conquistas de direitos trabalhistas, sendo que a mais recente foi através da Lei Complementar no 150 de 1o de junho de 2015. Estas mudanças acompanham as transformações socioeconômicas recentes que impactaram no mercado de trabalho brasileiro. / Domestic labor is a form of reproductive work offer that employs majorly women of underprivileged classes and races in the capitalist system. This characteristic seems to be accentuated in countries with high levels of social inequality, such as the Latin-American region in which the formation of the nation states occurred in a racial stratified way. Regarding Brazil, the formation of remunerated domestic labor is associated with our slavery past and the persistence of uneven racial treatment after the abolition. The main objective of this thesis is to analyze the main characteristics of labor and people identified as domestic workers in Brazil, and to draw an updated profile along with highlighting the most important changes in recent years. Secondarily, we will seize to analyze gender and race relations involved in the domestic employment, and the evolution of Brazilian Labor Legislation, seeking to comprehend progresses and maintenances in the last two decades. As a methodology in treatment of empiric data, was used the descriptive statistics, based upon data from the Pesquisa de Emprego e Desemprego (PED), of seven Brazilian metropolitan zones on the years of 1996 through 2013. It was also realized a literature and legal norms revision on the subject. Despite the importance of domestic labor as an employer of feminine work force, especially among the black community, it has historically, a high level of informality, low salaries and inferior labor legislation in comparison with the others categories. Even though the evident substandard conditions, there was, in the last couple of decades, some substantial improvements, which relate as much with the occupation profile as with de occupation itself. There were also some advances in achieving more labor rights, being the most recent the Complementary Law n 150 on June 1, 2015. These changes are following the social economical transformations that recently affected the Brazilian labor market.

A pesquisa trata do tema da educação corporal de atletas da ginástica artística. A temática foi investigada através do acompanhamento da rotina de treinamento de atletas da ginástica artística do Grêmio Náutico União (GNU) em Porto Alegre (RS). A pergunta principal e os objetivos que nortearam a pesquisa são os seguintes: como os corpos de atletas da ginástica artística são educados? Como gênero atravessa e dimensiona tal educação? O principal objetivo foi discutir e problematizar como corpos de atletas da ginástica artística são educados, especialmente nas sessões de treinamento esportivo, em meio a tecnologias do eu e tecnologias de dominação. A metodologia utilizada é de caráter etnográfico, com uso da observação e elaboração de um diário de campo, entrevistas semiestruturadas e análise de documentos. Busquei sustentar minha pesquisa no campo dos Estudos Culturais e Estudos de Gênero com aproximações no pós-estruturalismo. Conceitos como tecnologias do eu e tecnologias de dominação (FOUCAULT, 2004; LARROSA,1995; VEIGA NETO, 2008; NICOLAS ROSE, 2001), corpo (HARAWAY, 2000; VIRILIO, 1996; GIL, 1981, 1997) e gênero (LOURO, 1999, 2004; MEYER, 1999, 2003), entre outros, serviram como algumas ferramentas para pensar o objeto de pesquisa. Argumento que a educação corporal de atletas da ginástica artística de alto rendimento, especialmente nas sessões de treinamento esportivo, ocorre na articulação entre natureza e cultura e é o tempo inteiro um exercício do sujeito sobre si mesmo e do sujeito na relação com o outro. Além disso, gênero é uma importante dimensão constitutiva das tecnologias do eu e das tecnologias de dominação. / This research approaches body education of athletes in artistic gymnastics. The theme has been investigated through the follow-up of training routine of athletes at Gremio Nautico Uniao (GNU) in Porto Alegre (RS). The main questions and the objectives that have guided this research are the following: How have bodies of artistic gymnastics athletes been educated? How have gender crossed and dimensioned such an education? The main objective is to discuss and problematize the way bodies of artistic gymnastic athletes have been educated, particularly in sessions of sports training, amidst both technologies of the self and technologies of domination. The methodology used has an ethnographic character, with the use of observation and construction of a field diary, semi-structured interviews, and document analysis. I have attempted to ground my research on the field of cultural studies and gender studies, with approximations to post-structuralism. Concepts such as technologies of the self and technologies of domination (FOUCAULT, 2004; LARROSA, 1995; VEIGA NETO, 2008; NICOLAS ROSE, 2001), body (HARAWAY, 2000; VIRILIO, 1996; GIL, 1981, 1997), and gender (LOURO, 1999, 2004; MEYER, 1999, 2003), among others, have been some of the tools used to think about the research object. I have argued that body education of high performance athletes in artistic gymnastics, particularly in sessions of sports training, occurs in the articulation of nature and culture, and has ever been an exercise of the subject over oneself, as well as of the subject in the relation with the other. Furthermore, gender is a dimension constitute of technologies of the self and technologies of domination.

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