The biopolitical calls of the press for caesarean section

• Autor(a) principal: Carvalho, Miriam Kenia de
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Santos, Rogério da Costa
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: RECIIS (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://www.reciis.icict.fiocruz.br/index.php/reciis/article/view/1863
• topic: Childbirth; Delivery; Caesarean section; Biopolitics; Communication; Devices; Press.; Nacimiento; Parto; Cesárea; Biopolítica; Comunicación; Dispositivos; Prensa.; Nascimento; Parto; Cesariana; Biopolítica; Comunicação; Dispositivos; Imprensa.

This article approaches the issue of biopolitical calls for the processof childbirth, to give birth spontaneouly or surgical procedure known as caesarean section, identifid in two major newspapers having national circulation in Brazil: Folha de S.Paulo and O Estado de S. Paulo. Considered as devices, according with the concept taken into account in this study, these media vehicles propagate this paradox: Normal and safe is caesarean section. Strange and risky is normal birth. However, rather than propagating the discourse in favour of caesarean section, these media invite their readers to choose this surgery, with statements anchored in fear, body control and bioeconomy. The fidings are resulted from the conceptual investigation conducted in the 390 articles on the theme published in these two newspapers between 2010 and 2015. The period is marked by the steady increasing number of these surgeries in Brazil, which was considered an epidemic by the World Health Organization.