Crowns: body, aging, marriage and infidelity

Name: Crowns: body, aging, marriage and infidelity
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Body, aging, marriage and infidelity

Autor: Mirian Goldenberg

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Sinopse

This book is the result of a constant questioning of what it means to be a woman in Brazilian culture. It is also a form of political resistance, explains anthropologist Mirian Goldenberg in *Crowns: Body, Aging, Marriage, and Infidelity*, a fundamental analysis of women's relationship with the effects of time. Mirian begins with the biological, psychological, and social reality represented by the body to provide a remarkable analysis of the female condition in our country. Mirian defends the idea that in Brazil, the body is capital, a desired asset even as a vehicle for social advancement. A sexy, young, slim, wrinkle-free, and fit body presupposes sacrifice, work, and financial investment. In Brazil, particularly in Rio de Janeiro, the perfect body is the only one that, even without clothes, is decently dressed. For the author, the body is the true garment: "It is the body that must be displayed, molded, manipulated, worked, sewn, adorned, chosen, constructed, produced, imitated. It is the body that goes in and out of fashion. Clothing is merely an accessory for the valorization and display of this fashionable body," states Mirian. And how to age in this context? This is precisely the discussion that Coroas brings to the fore. A fundamental book for men and women of all ages. "It is not a study intended to demonstrate erudition, to overwhelm the reader with data, tables, and quotations. No: the author's empathy with her subject and, above all, with the public is clear from the very first lines. Coroas: corpo, aging, casamento e infidelidade is a crucial book, but it is also a friendly, accessible book that uses modern forms of communication—the dialogues with experts in the field are particularly interesting," states Moacyr Scliar, who wrote the book's blurb.

ISBN	978-850-108-316-6
Tradutor
Altura	210 mm
Largura	140 mm
Profundidade	13 mm
Lançamento	30/09/2008
Páginas	222

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Sobre o autor

Mirian Goldenberg

Mirian Goldenberg nasceu em Santos, São Paulo. Desde 1978 mora no Rio de Janeiro. É antropóloga e professora do Departamento de Antropologia Cultural e do Programa de Pós-graduação em Sociologia e Antropologia do Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Sociais da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Escreveu Por que homens e mulheres traem?, A Outra, Toda mulher é meio Leila Diniz, Intimidade, A arte de pesquisar, Os novos desejos, Nu & vestido, Infiel: notas de uma antropóloga, O corpo como capital, Coroas: corpo, envelhecimento, casamento e infidelidade e Noites de insônia. A autora tem orientado dezenas de pesquisas nas áreas de gênero, corpo, envelhecimento, sexualidade e novas conjugalidades na cultura brasileira.