Relatos de silêncios: um estudo etnográfico de relações abusivas e machistas no âmbito doméstico/familiar em Mamanguape - PB

Abstract

This work presents an ethnographic reflection on domestic violence through the life stories of women victims of violence in the city of Mamanguape, Paraíba, Brazil. The data presented in this work were collected from ethnographic research conducted during 2025 in Mamanguape, Paraíba, using the Google Forms platform and interviews. The focus of this discussion is to understand the role of emotions as devices of social control and power that produce the silencing of women in marital relationships. I also propose to raise the voices of these women and their stories, which have been hidden and lived in silence in the shadows of the city, repressed by patriarchal society. This article also analyzes the power dynamics that perpetuate psychological, moral, physical, and patrimonial violence, delving into the Maria da Penha Law, which allows us to configure and understand the contexts of violence, and into the historical discussions of patriarchy and structurally ingrained sexism, both in the city and in the world.