Madame Satã and the jails of Ilha Grande: an analysis of gender constructs and sexuality in the prison system
The lawsuits described João Francisco dos Santos, or “Madame Satã”, as sexual pervert and a very dangerous person. The objective of this paper is to analyze Satã’s behavior in prison, where the treatment with priso- ners was very violent, and, in Vila do Abraão, where he lived after being released....
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Associação Brasileira de Antropologia
2017-08-01
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Series: | Vibrant: Virtual Brazilian Anthropology |
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Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/vibrant/4101 |