“Ser mulher”: procriação e cuidado parental? O corpo da mulher como objeto de estudo na FAMEB (1870-1879)

Abstract

This research consists of analyzing the historical construction of the woman's body as an object of study at the Faculdade de Medicina da Bahia (FAMEB) in the 1970s, starting from the following question: How is the woman's body constructed as an object of study in the context of studies on organs of the reproductive system in the inaugural theses of the Faculdade de Medicina da Bahia in the 1870s, and the relationships between this body and the performance of reproductive functions and motherhood? Thus, we carried out a general investigation of the titles of the inaugural theses produced in the 1970s and which are cataloged in the virtual collection of the Gonçalo Moniz Library (BGM/FAMEB). As well as, we carried out a deeper analysis of the theses of João Gualberto Ferreira Santos Reis (1870) and José Leôncio de Medeiros (1871), which are specifically about studies on organs of the female reproductive system, and the relationship with the performance of reproductive functions. Finally, we consider the results found and the historical significance of medical texts, identifying their contributions, productions or reproductions of knowledge about women's bodies, as well as the contributions of this knowledge in the construction of the representation of ideal femininity from studies of women's bodies. woman for reproduction and the exercise of motherhood.