A circulação e desenvolvimento do discurso sobre Zika entre gestantes de Manaus, Amazonas.

Abstract

The search analyzes the circulation and development of the Zika discourse among urban and riverine pregnant women. For the accomplishment of the objectives of this doctoral research, the discursive representations of subjects related to the object of investigation were analyzed, through the analysis of the interviews between the pregnant women of two distinct areas of the Municipality of Manaus - Amazonas. Initially, a floating reading of the interviews to identify thematic categories from the epistemology of Ludwik Fleck using the categories of Thought style (EP), Thought collective, Esoteric circle, Exoteric circle. The sociodemographic characteristics and the obstetric history of the pregnant women are presented and, in the sequence, a critical reflection from the discourse of the pregnant women, who could be grouped into two thematic categories and subdivided into subcategories. The first was "The obstacles since the genesis" and the second thematic category was "The circulation and development of the hybrid fact 'Zika' in the discourse of pregnant women." The results indicate that the interviewed pregnant women are part of the Collective of Popular Thought and that they share different thought styles denominated of mediatic and adjusted. For the mediatic EP, the intensification of circulation of ideas, knowledge and practices, reflects a form of prevention that is primarily individualized. The adjusted EP is characterized by a profile of women who, despite using television to inform themselves, incorporate social and environmental issues into the Zika problem.