%0 Journal Article
%T Corpos e espa os h¨ªbridos na Delegacia da Mulher em Fortaleza
%A Ricardo Pimentel M¨¦llo
%A Lu¨ªsa Escher Furtado
%J Gerais : Revista Interinstitucional de Psicologia
%D 2010
%I Universidade Federal de Uberl?ndia
%X This study has arisen from a research on spousal violence and alcohol drinking. In 2009, we made eight visits to theWomen Protection Police Station of Fortaleza (DDM). We studied how the people (bodies) who go to this PoliceStation are placed as if they presented ¡°identities¡± which outline their ways of life. We used observations, notes,photography, and talks, mapping the composition of the spaces: how they are constituted, to whom they aredestined, and why. We realized that the diversity in the DDM is ordered into the duality female/male. The way inwhich the bodies are positioned creates borders between women (whom the Police Station must protect) and men(against whom the women should be protected). This reflects in the way that movable ornaments are placed and inthe authorizations and prohibitions regarding the circulation in the rooms. Thus, there is, at the DDM, anorganization of humans and non-humans in heteronormative positions. There is also a resistance against that, butwith less visibility.
%K Body
%K Gender
%K Women¡¯s Police Station
%K Heteronormativity
%U http://www.fafich.ufmg.br/gerais/index.php/gerais/article/view/93/94