Vagina, body, and mind between whiteness and the sacred feminine in 21st century Brazil.

• Autor(a) principal: Lima Alcantara de Vasconcellos, Hannah
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Textos & Debates (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://revista.ufrr.br/textosedebates/article/view/7998
• topic: Sagrado feminino; Branquitude; Autocuidado

This article presents part of the conclusions of a lengthy multisited ethnography on the sacred feminine movement and the racial dynamics within and around it, which I conducted between 2019 and 2023. The description encompasses a historical context, ethnographic accounts, netnography, and analysis of the elements I consider most important for understanding this social upheaval that resurged strongly in Brazil from 2015 onwards. The sacred feminine movement is composed of urban middle-class women, predominantly young and white, who seek a lifestyle focused on self-care of what I refer to as the "vagina-body-mind complex" and the need to reclaim a lost feminine essence. The movement has spread through social media, propelled by white feminism. Whiteness plays a central role in this field, appropriating elements from different cultural traditions for the exercise of its authority.