O papel identitário da roupa para o empoderamento das participantes da marcha das vadias em Recife-PE

Abstract

This paper intends to understand in what way the participants of the SlutWalk take to clothing as an empowerment and identity object. For this purpose, the research approaches the social role of the occidental woman over the years, building a short historical description and relating the garment during this process. It is also reported on the way clothing constitutes itself as an instrument capable of expressing individuals identity, allied to consumption and identity. Furthermore, the relation of the SlutWalk with feminism and empowerment is investigated, analyzing, specifically, the SlutWalk at Recife on the year of 2017. The methodology was based on bibliographic and documental research, participant observation and semi-structured interview from convenience sampling at the Walk of Recife on 2017. Based on that, it was possible to conclude that the participants of this Walk, as well as other women, daily appropriate themselves of clothing as a tool of female empowerment.