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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Main Authors: Myrian Sepúlveda dos Santos, Yasmim Issa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Antropologia 2017-08-01
Series:Vibrant: Virtual Brazilian Anthropology
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/vibrant/4101