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Mulher, Prostituta e Prostituição: da História ao Jardim do Éden

2017; UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DA PARAÍBA; Volume: 7; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.21714/2238-104x2017v7i1-33214

ISSN

2238-104X

Autores

Thaís Zimovski Garcia de Oliveira, Ludmila Vasconcelos Guimarães, Debora Pazzeto Ferreira,

Tópico(s)

Sex work and related issues

Resumo

The present paper aims to understand the link between the historical construction of prostitution in a patriarchal context and the symbolic value of female representation in a religious myth (the myth of Lilith).In order to bring this discussion to the present context, we present some prostitutes narratives that were interviewed in a poor area of a Brazilian city called Belo Horizonte using methodology of "life history".For the purpose of this discussion, it was applied Levi Strauss's notion of myth as a symbolic manifestation of the social context.In order to carry out this articulation, a brief historical overview was drawn up in which important moments for the development of prostitution are highlighted.Afterwards, we observed some legal and political aspects of the times that surround, above all, the labor issues of prostitutes in Brazil.Based on this discussion, we have pointed to excerpts from the prostitute's life histories, which were analyzed based on the socio-context and in the theoretical approach we directed to the myth of Lilith, considering mainly how it may reinforces the subservient position of women in religious tales.

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