“Girls, not mothers”: alliances and disputes of senses in the body of Lucía

In the present work, it is proposed to analyze the case of Lucía, an Argentine girl forced to give birth by caesarean, in February 2019, Province of Tucumán. From this case, the aim is to understand the processes of overlapping of various devices of conservative powers. Having as anchor a feminist a...

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Authors: Sanchez, Melisa Ruth, Johnson, María Cecilia
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2020
Country:Brasil
Institution:Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)
Repository:Ciencias Sociales y Religión (Online)
Language:Spanish
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br:article/8670188
Online Access:https://periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/csr/article/view/8670188
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Abortion
Family
Conservatism
Feminisms
Childhood
Aborto
Família
Conservadorismos
Feminismos
Infâncias
Familia
Conservadurismos
Infancias
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Summary:In the present work, it is proposed to analyze the case of Lucía, an Argentine girl forced to give birth by caesarean, in February 2019, Province of Tucumán. From this case, the aim is to understand the processes of overlapping of various devices of conservative powers. Having as anchor a feminist and intersectional perspective, the work is carried out starting from recovering sources of virtual access graphic communication media, and presents its results through three sections: the analysis of the notion of “mother” and how it operates in a prescriptive way and disciplining about Lucía’s body. Then we examine how conservative discourses operate both from religious, institutional devices of the health system, and scientists in Lucía’s experience. Finally, it reflects on those who are in favor of Lucía’s sexual and (non) reproductive rights, disputing the meanings of motherhood and childhood, under the motto “#Girls, Not Mothers”.