Ciências Sociais Unisinos (Jan 2010)
Os jornais diários da cidade de Cascavel (PR) e seus discursos sobre a prostituição feminina (1976-1990)
Abstract
The object of the present paper is to investigate the representations of female prostitution in the periodical press of Cascavel (PR, Brazil). The journals analyzed are the newspapers Hoje and O Paraná. It aims to understand how some women, who do not figure in the annals of the feminist movement, that don't have an exceptional and exemplary trajectory to the young ladies and not even show up on the social columns of the press, are represented by these media. In this context, this discussion is structured as follows, at first, it establishes a dialog with Roger Chartier to reach the representation concept. After that, the subject will be about how the female prostitution was represented by written press. At this point, the article highlights the journalistic reports that alluded to the risk of social contagion offered by these women to the society, while they are catching the AIDS and syphilis virus. At the end, it interacts with the philosopher Michel Foucault, to realize how the disciplining of the bodies through journalistic speeches happened.
