Banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO: FRANCISCA ARAÚJO SARAIVA

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STUDENT : FRANCISCA ARAÚJO SARAIVA
DATE: 27/11/2025
TIME: 16:30
LOCAL: Ambiente virtual (Google Meet)
TITLE:

A Cartography of Violated Bodies: The Feminine in the Legal Discourse of the Potiguar Seridó (1930–1940)

KEY WORDS:

Female body; Criminal case records; Seridó;

PAGES: 42
BIG AREA: Ciências Humanas
AREA: História
SUMMARY:

This study seeks to analyze how the female body was apprehended within the legal discourse found in criminal case files from the Seridó backlands of Rio Grande do Norte (1930–1940), in which crimes such as rape, physical assault, homicide, bodily injury, and attempted homicide appeared as recurrent events in the everyday lives of sertanejo women during these decades. To this end, our approach is grounded in examining the roles played by women in criminal case proceedings from the Seridó region within this temporal scope, identifying a feminine cartography constructed through the procedural investigation of the analyzed crimes, and investigating how medico-legal discourse formulated a hermeneutics of the female body through forensic medical examinations, which constitute a key component of criminal inquiries.

We understand that the feminine was, for a long time, positioned in the shadow of the masculine in the Seridó backlands, a society markedly shaped by masculinity. For this reason, we interpret women as the “other” agent in the formation of sertanejo social space. From this perspective, we draw on bibliographic works that discuss the backlands, the body, and the feminine from a historical and reflective standpoint. Methodologically and theoretically, we rely on Michel Foucault’s reflections to examine criminal proceedings by considering the encounter of transgressive bodies—victims, defendants, and witnesses—with the judicial power of the State.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Presidente - 1414328 - JOEL CARLOS DE SOUZA ANDRADE
Interna - 2914858 - JUCIENE BATISTA FELIX ANDRADE
Interna - 1934542 - PAULA REJANE FERNANDES