Presos que menstruam: a invisibilidade das mulheres privadas de liberdade na sociedade brasileira.

Abstract

The present undergraduate thesis has as main focus and object of analysis the book entitled "Presos que Menstruam (2015)", authored by the journalist and activist Nana Queiroz. In this book, the author portrays the experiences of these women through the testimonies of these women and tries to give a voice through her writing to her life stories and mainly the denunciations caused by the neglect of the State and Brazilian society with them. This research has as specific objective: To analyze what are the roles played by female characters in the book "Presos que Menstruam (2015)", authored by Nana Queiroz. The specific objectives are: a) Identify the characteristics of characters deprived of liberty, namely: gender, social class, skin color and education level; b) Investigate how maternity is portrayed within the prison institution and outside of it through the characters in the referring book; c) Verify how basic hygiene issues are portrayed, as well as access to absorbents for women in situations of prison; d) Show representations of love and affection within the prison context.This research is inserted in the qualitative research paradigm, considering its focus as nature of the investigated phenomenon, being, therefore, bibliographic and documentary (MOREIRA; CALEFE, 2008). As an object of study, we have the book entitled "Presos que Menstruam" by the author Nana Queiroz. In order to answer the objectives listed above, throughout the chapters, books whose central theme is the national prison literature will be presented, as well as the presentation of the author of the book to be analyzed, among the other literary productions of the writer Nana Queiroz. An analysis about the evolution of the prison system to the present day will be made, an analysis of the data obtained from the National Survey of Penitentiary Information 2020, as well as the presentation of some projects, which aim to end the menstrual poverty experienced by these women, of remission penalty through literary readings, and resocialization through the production of bioabsorbents. All the books, concepts and data that will be worked on during the research will be interconnected and will serve as a basis for the analysis that will be made in the last chapter about the testimony of female characters in prison presented in "Presos que Menstruam (2015)".