| Grant number: | 17/12972-8 |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Master |
| Start date: | November 01, 2017 |
| End date: | July 31, 2019 |
| Field of knowledge: | Humanities - Anthropology - Indigenous Ethnology |
| Principal Investigator: | Antonio Roberto Guerreiro Júnior |
| Grantee: | Aline de Paula Regitano |
| Host Institution: | Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas (IFCH). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil |
| Associated research grant: | 13/26676-0 - Transforming amerindian regional systems: the Upper Xingu case, AP.JP |
| Associated scholarship(s): | 18/12599-8 - Ontogenesis and childbirth among Mehinako women, BE.EP.MS |
Abstract The objective of this research is to perform an ethnography of gestation, delivery and postpartum in Alto-Xingu, based on the relationships of women with their bodies and the bodies of their children. Focusing on two main empirical questions: a) ideas and practices related to gestation, childbirth and infant care; And b) the interference zones between the indigenous and biomedical understandings and practices about the processes of birth, that have been focus by part of the political action of Alto-Xingu women regarding to women health. It intends to provide subsidies to reflect critically on the health of indigenous women, as well as contributing to the gender debate in Amazônia. | |
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