Moralidades em torno do Bolsa Família, gênero e alimentação: um estudo de caso a partir de uma favela no Rio de Janeiro.

Abstract

The main goal of this dissertation is to understand the relationships, moralities and gender arrangements that appear through eating habits, gossip, disputes, judgments and conflicts, generated through a Brazilian public policy - the Bolsa Família Program (PBF). In addition, it proposes to think about the ways in which this public policy relates to the body of the individuals. The fieldwork was done in a favela of Rio de Janeiro called Favela do Tripé. The methodology of this research is qualitative in nature and is inspired by ethnographic techniques. This important program of income transfer is considered at a time of successive attacks on social rights and cuts in the program, which makes it necessary to think about the consequences of this to the low-income population, not only related to food, but also in the stigmas and moralities that these persons are subjected to. The dissertation is based Based on the program beneficiaries' speech. It brings a reflection on maternity, gender conventions and care showing how the PBF assumes an ambiguous character in everyday life of this people: Bolsa Familia Program serves as a means of emancipation and female empowerment, on the one hand and, on the other hand, it reiterates gender norms that demarcate the roles of men and women.