Pitfalls of Desire: A Study About Rural and Indigenous Juvenile Prostitution in the Northeast Of Brazil - Couverture souple

Garcia, Loreley; Nascimento, Silvana

 
9783659570230: Pitfalls of Desire: A Study About Rural and Indigenous Juvenile Prostitution in the Northeast Of Brazil
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 3659570230 ISBN 13 : 9783659570230
Editeur : LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2014

Synopsis

This study stands within the overlapping of feminist theory and sociocultural research. The research on juvenile prostitution in rural areas and in indigenous lands of Paraíba, Brazil, intend to demystify stereotypical images and representations of prostitutes and prostitution. Our main objectives were to capture these women’s perspectives as well as to deem the activity of prostitution as an alternative to social and economic mobility. We believe that prostitution is one of the few possibilities for young women to gain autonomy and empowerment as well as to resist current norms and morality. A number of studies about women’s life conditions in the countryside, in Brazil, unveil a scenario of inequality, lack of democracy within family relations as well as of narrow options and opportunities, which do not suffice the desires of new generations in the rural environment. It is important to learn why the rural environment is less conducive to the proper living of these “girls”. Within the context of rural families, women live in a situation of explicit disadvantage. This rural culture presents itself with very rigid and hierarchical roles, attributions and values controlled by men.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This study stands within the overlapping of feminist theory and sociocultural research. The research on juvenile prostitution in rural areas and in indigenous lands of Paraíba, Brazil, intend to demystify stereotypical images and representations of prostitutes and prostitution. Our main objectives were to capture these women’s perspectives as well as to deem the activity of prostitution as an alternative to social and economic mobility. We believe that prostitution is one of the few possibilities for young women to gain autonomy and empowerment as well as to resist current norms and morality. A number of studies about women’s life conditions in the countryside, in Brazil, unveil a scenario of inequality, lack of democracy within family relations as well as of narrow options and opportunities, which do not suffice the desires of new generations in the rural environment. It is important to learn why the rural environment is less conducive to the proper living of these “girls”. Within the context of rural families, women live in a situation of explicit disadvantage. This rural culture presents itself with very rigid and hierarchical roles, attributions and values controlled by men.

Biographie de l'auteur

Loreley Garcia, PhD in Sociology, Post Doctorate in Women's Studies (UC Berkeley).Visiting professor at Temple University on a Fulbright Scholarship. Currently works at Federal University of Paraiba/Brazil. Silvana de Souza Nascimento, PhD in Social Anthropology, Professor of Anthropology at USP and researcher at the Center for Urban Anthropology.

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Éditeur
LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
Date d'édition
2014
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3659570230
ISBN 13 
9783659570230
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
100
Coordonnées du fabricant
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