“Liberdade ainda que vadia” uma etnografia sobre a marcha das vadias do Rio de Janeiro 2013

Abstract

The SlutWalk Rio de Janeiro is a feminist manifestation that stands against sexual gender violence. It is known by the participants for the irreverent and playful character, attracting many people who uses that moment to express their ideas and feelings through their bodies, dancing, shouting and performances. Thus, through a qualitative research with participant observation, this study is dedicated to understand how the protesters uses their bodies to position themselves politically during the act, and the meaning that these expressions acquire both for activists, as well as to a more general public, which has no direct involvement in the manifestation. As the Walk happened on july 27, 2013, in Copacabana, in the same week that was happening the World Youth Day (WYD) of Catholic Church, in Rio de Janeiro, with the presence of Pope Francisco, this context, among others, outlined a very specific and atypical manifestation, which makes the reflection on the forms of expression and the use of the body, as a political tool, even more exciting. To succeed in the reflection of the act in the streets, which is the subject of this research, it is necessary to account for others important points, which will be able to give a more appropriate dimensioning of the context in which the event occurred. Therefore, it was important to understand the main goals that the organization of the Rio de Janeiro’s Walk proposes, the observation of discourses and practices of the organization before, during and after the event, trying to understand the organizational dynamics, the political subject defended and how it is built.