The Meaning of sacrifice in hair straightening rituals and female self-image

• Autor(a) principal: Silva, Bianca Gabriely Ferreira
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Farias, Salomão Alencar de, Sousa Júnior, João Henriques de
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista de Ciências da Administração
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/adm/article/view/70165

People consume based on the way they see themselves and want to be seen, especially with regard to aesthetic consumption, often presenting sacrificial conduct for the fulfillment of their desires. Associated with negative stereotypes, curly or curly hair usually undergoes structural changes from straightening to follow socially acceptable standards. In this context, this work aims to understand the meaning of the sacrifice involved in the straightening ritual and its relationship with self-image and idealized social patterns. The research, with a qualitative interpretative approach based on oral history and thematic content analysis, realized that the straightening ritual is seen as a sacrifice for women by factors such as time, money, health risk and the process itself; and most of them are influenced to perform the straightening by the influence of the compliments, judgments and prejudices of others.