Resenha - Holy Harlots: Femininity, Sexuality and Black Magic in Brazil

Magic and Femininity as Power in Medieval Literature

Black and White women's perspectives on femininity.

The authors explore how Black and White women view three aspects of normative femininity, and whether self-rated femininity is related to feminism. Through telephone surveys, a nationally representative sample of women (N=1130) rated themselves on feminism and items derived from Collins' (2004) benchmarks of femininity: feminine appearance, traits, and traditional gender role ideology. Confirma...

The magic formula of weaning: the doctors' holy grail.

Voodoo, Black Magic and the Hawaiian Kahuna.

[Reproduction and sexuality in HIV-positive women, Brazil].

OBJECTIVE To assess sexual and reproductive health needs of HIV-positive women and factors that affect their access to prevention, safer sex practices and treatment and to appraise their ability of making informed choices concerning motherhood. METHODS This exploratory study was conducted among women of an outpatient clinic in a reference center for STD/AIDS in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, ...