They for them: gender, memory and identity

The woman lives on a tightrope: between the desire to know about the sexuality of others and confronting her own; between being instigated with sex and judging it in certain circumstances; between still being the one who takes care of the children, of the house, who needs, many times, the male presence for personal realization; and being the one who works outside the limits of the home, aims at a happiness which is also professional and is the active subject of her life. In this swing, the prostitute emerges sharpening the social imaginary, especially the one created by the biopower, which relegated to this woman a place of moral decay, of degradation, creating polarized visions of her image: sometimes the victim, sometimes the fatal woman. When reading the narratives produced by sex professionals, however, one realizes that, beyond the dichotomy, there is a plurality of nuances of their occupation which tensions the interdict of sexuality. The woman, then, empowers herself by writing her memories. She becomes involved in her history, takes the needle and thread and sews her destiny. She becomes a spinner of herself.

Autorentext

Manuela Peixinho ha conseguito un dottorato di ricerca in Letteratura e Cultura presso l'Università Federale di Bahia (UFBA) e un master in Studi Linguistici presso l'Università Statale di Bahia (UNEB). Ha pubblicato diversi articoli su riviste specializzate e libri in materia di cultura, memoria, identità e genere.