Name: Shiara Arruda de Souza
Type: MSc dissertation
Publication date: 06/12/2021
Advisor:
Name | Role |
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Andrea Barbosa Osorio Sarandy | Advisor * |
Examining board:
Name | Role |
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Nicole Soares Pinto | Internal Examiner * |
Marcelo Fetz de Almeida | Internal Alternate * |
Eliane Sebeika Rapchan | External Examiner * |
Diogo Silva Corrêa | External Alternate * |
Andrea Barbosa Osorio Sarandy | Advisor * |
Summary: This dissertation describes how latin-american movement called Natural Gynecology acts in Brazil through holistics therapists spread the principles of movement through various social medias. Natural Gynecologys main guidelines are: promote womens self-knowledge and womens autonomy with regard to gynecological care. Problematizing medicalization of female bodys physiological events, embodied by discourses and practices of biomedicine,
practitioners of Natural Gynecology rescue knowledges and so-called ancestral healing practices, mainly guided by medical plants. Nevertheless, while promoting important reflections on patriarchal and biomedical power, they still sustaining gender essensialist discourse. However, since the movement acts on social media, WHERE varied social segments can follow it, transsexuals people stress the debate, leading Natural Gynecology to reconsider some essencialists perspectives. Furthermore, Natural Gynecology seeks to establish a relationship with the Plant Kingdom that values the agencies of plants, making it possible to reflect on the relationships of humans with other non-humans, thus demonstrating that reality is more-than-human.
KEYWORDS: Natural Gynecology; Body; Female Bodys Medicalization; Gender; Plant Kingdoms agency.