The making of the safe surrender of babies: moralities, accusations and biopolitics on gestating bodies

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https://doi.org/10.22409/antropolitica.i.a56464

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Safely Surrendered Baby, Practices of justice, Moralities, Biopolitics.

Abstract

In this research we explore a series of “safe surrender” processes, established by Law No. 13.509/17, which were processed in the judicial district of Rio de Janeiro between 2020 and 2022. We analyze actions of dismissal and extinction of family power to apprehend how moralities on reproduction, maternities and femininities are built on the practices of justice in the scope of childhood and youth. Although we found documents that concern women and their partners, we highlighted the narratives about the feminine universe and its social markers. Our intention was to understand the state management of this subject, which, despite being supported by a legal neutrality, is materialized based on distinct differentiations of people, their bodies and territories.

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Alessandra de Andrade Rinaldi, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro

Professora Associada III no Departamento de Ciências Sociais da Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro. Doutora em Medicina Social pela Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro.

Giulia Escuri, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro

Doutoranda em Ciências Sociais pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Sociais da Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro.

André Luiz Coutinho Vicente, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

Mestrando em Antropologia Social pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Antropologia Social do Museu Nacional da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro.

Juliana Nunes da Rocha, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro

Mestranda em Ciências Sociais pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Sociais da Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro.

Published

2023-08-02

How to Cite

Rinaldi, A. de A., Escuri, G., Vicente, A. L. C., & Rocha, J. N. da . (2023). The making of the safe surrender of babies: moralities, accusations and biopolitics on gestating bodies. Antropolítica - Revista Contemporânea De Antropologia. https://doi.org/10.22409/antropolitica.i.a56464

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