Percepções e sentidos da AIDS, do corpo, da sexualidade e do amor entre mulheres vivendo com HIV: um estudo a partir da análise de trajetórias de vida

Abstract

The main points of this thesis are the stories told by women who are living with the HIV/AIDS, where it is emphasizing their perceptions of that condition, their body, their sexuality and love. Analysis of these women’s trajectories indicates the academic importance of evaluation of a problem and its scientific treatment under a theoretical and multidisciplinary reference directly related to discussions involving gender. Starting with a sociological experience involving three women within different age groups, but emerging from the same social stratum, whose main traits are low income and education; it is revealed that their behavior in relation to aids, body, sexuality and love is closely related to their daily life and a morous relationships. The stories were captured by means of open interviews obtained during a two-year empirical research.