Religious discourse and production of subjectivities in a female prison: a control of souls?

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23925/1677-1222.2020vol20i1a12

Keywords:

Religious discourse, Subjectivity, Power relations

Abstract

Our goal is to analyze the relationship between religious discourse and the production of subjectivities in a female prison, which was done through a qualitative case study, conducted at the female unit of one of the condemned protection associations (APAC) resocialization centers. Twenty-six interviews with recovery and as and four interviews with managers were performed, corpus interpreted through the structuralist discourse analysis. The main results suggest that the relations that the subject establishes with the spiritual are the object of regulation in the social space of APAC, which is inserted in a context of biopolitical strategy insofar as it is guaranteed by a political reason that allows religious assistance in the community. At the same time, it was confusing itself with the effects of pastoral power.

Author Biographies

Clara Luisa Oliveira Silva, IFSP

EBTT do IFSP. Doutoranda em Administração pela UFMG.

Luiz Alex Silva Saraiva, UMFG

Professor Associado da Faculdade de Ciências Econômicas da UFMG. Doutor em Administração (UFMG).

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Published

2020-06-24

Issue

Vol. 20 No. 1 (2020): O corpo em movimento: espiritualidade e transcendência

Section

Intercâmbio

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