The “protector of women's causes”: Nelson Carneiro's Divorce Laws (1951-1977)

• Autor(a) principal: Fagundes, Marluce Dias
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Antíteses
• Texto Completo: https://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/antiteses/article/view/42876
• topic: Gender; Family; Marriage; Divorce; Nelson Carneiro; Gênero; Família; Casamento; Divórcio; Nelson Carneiro; História

This article deals with the theme of divorce in Brazil, based on the construction of Nelson Carneiro's image as a “defender of women's causes”. In 1977, a full divorce was approved, and civil marriage became dissolvable. Before that, the National Congress received different proposals at different periods in the history of Brazil, so that some characters were essential in breaking the marital bond, such as Senator Nelson Carneiro who, for 26 years, was at the head of the divorce wing. On the way to the approval of divorce in Brazil, political disputes occurred between the ones who were for and against the theme. These debates addressed issues of family and marriage, with women and children being identified as the main “victims” of divorce or possible divorce. The investigated sources are the legal, legislative texts and, above all, the works written by Nelson Carneiro.