Coloniality in Health Practices and Resistances of ‘Benzedeiras’ and ‘Mães de Santo’
The aim of this paper is to investigate forms of resistance among women that conduct healing and health practices, which consists of alternative methods to the hegemonic western medicine imposed on bodies by the coloniality of power, knowledge and being. This analysis is based on ethnographic resear...
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Universidade Estadual de Londrina
2020-08-01
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| Series: | Mediações: Revista de Ciências Sociais |
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| Online Access: | http://www.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/mediacoes/article/view/37000 |