Entre histórias e memórias: produções de gênero em narrativas de mulheres residentes no Abrigo São Vicente de Paulo

Abstract

This study analyzes the experiences of six (06) women, aged 69 to 83 years old, who live in the Abrigo São Vicente de Paulo (ASVP), a Long Stay Institution for the Elderly (ILPI) individual and flanked houses, in the model of a "village", located in João Paulo, popular neighborhood located in the vicinity of the city center of São Luís, Maranhão. Through the theoricomethodological articulation between Memory and Life Stories, I analyze how processes of aging and aging combine especially for "aging women" who live in a shelter and whose experiences are related to poverty or social vulnerability, and in general, receive little attention from the media, civil society and the public and private spheres in Brazil. In this way, Cristina, Teodora, Nara, Vera, Josefa and Celeste register places, information, events and people with whom they lived. The intersections of social class, naturalness, regionality, territoriality, race, ethnicity, gender, generation and so on. the discursive and performative production of the genre was constructed, reiterated and / or destabilized, along the passage of time, in the "entrance in the village", in the experiences of work, in the studies and relationships, friendship and family relationships, relationships, relationships and / or other forms of conjugality, as well as situations involving conflicts, challenges, expectations, frustrations and aspirations that have been experienced during the course of their lives. In this sense, the narratives highlight experiences relevant to the discursive and performative production of the genre and also reveal experiences that are usually not evidenced and do not fit into the images constructed by scientific and institutional discourses about "successful aging" (DEBERT, 2004). They show, above all, that the aging process is distinct and related to different socio-cultural contexts, socioeconomic groups, heterogeneous experiences and distinct social markers of difference such as social class, race, ethnicity, gender, generation, regionality, territoriality, nationality, etc.