Love and Sexuality in the Brazilian Historical Past: from Law to Social Praxis

Authors

  • Alzira Lobo de Arruda Campos

  • Rafael Lopes de Sousa

  • Patrícia Margarida Farias Coelho

Keywords:

love and sexuality; social codes and practices; sin, guilt and fear; mensa et toro duties

Abstract

Love and sexuality are analyzed in everyday experiences and in religious secular discourses as long-term power strategies in western patriarchy seeking to verify the dialectic established between legislation and social practices in Brazil In the search for answers the investigation focuses on two complementary but distinct instances the presence of love and sexuality in the collective imagination and how this imaginary which circulates between us and around us interests power and institutions It appears that the legal bases of western legislation and its effects are structuring elements of prescribed or proscribed sexual behaviors according to a logic that opposes desires to duties creating a pastoral of fear

How to Cite

Alzira Lobo de Arruda Campos, Rafael Lopes de Sousa, & Patrícia Margarida Farias Coelho. (2022). Love and Sexuality in the Brazilian Historical Past: from Law to Social Praxis. Global Journal of Human-Social Science, 22(F6), 37–47. Retrieved from https://socialscienceresearch.org/index.php/GJHSS/article/view/103490

Love and Sexuality in the Brazilian Historical Past: from Law to Social Praxis

Published

2022-10-26