Sueli Aparecida Moreira

Comensalidade e cuidado: meninas-jovens-mulheres órfãs no contexto de HIV/Aids

“Monopoly of the kitchen” is historically and culturally attributed to women and mothers. To care for their families, they select and buy food, and cook and serve it. They sustain commensality. In contexts of HIV/AIDS, when mothers die, the daughters become responsible for such care. What do the girls think of the caregiver’s role that they prematurely have to face? What do their brothers think about this? Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 14 young orphans. The data were analyzed as proposed by Mills (2009). The young women did not show any dissatisfaction with the new tasks that they were doing, but deplored the fact that this impeded them from studying and having a life beyond the home. Their brothers viewed dealing with the kitchen as women’s business and rarely collaborated. These young women need care directed towards the vulnerable situation in which they live. Public health policies could seek macrostructures that would act on this demand.

Comensalia y cuidado: chicas-jóvenes-mujeres huérfanas en el contexto del VIH/Sida

“Monopoly of the kitchen” is historically and culturally attributed to women and mothers. To care for their families, they select and buy food, and cook and serve it. They sustain commensality. In contexts of HIV/AIDS, when mothers die, the daughters become responsible for such care. What do the girls think of the caregiver’s role that they prematurely have to face? What do their brothers think about this? Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 14 young orphans. The data were analyzed as proposed by Mills (2009). The young women did not show any dissatisfaction with the new tasks that they were doing, but deplored the fact that this impeded them from studying and having a life beyond the home. Their brothers viewed dealing with the kitchen as women’s business and rarely collaborated. These young women need care directed towards the vulnerable situation in which they live. Public health policies could seek macrostructures that would act on this demand.

Percepção de risco como estratégia de convívio comensal com jovens órfãos pelo HIV/AIDS em São Paulo, SP, Brasil

No contexto do HIV/AIDS, estrategias comensais sao acordadas pelas familias para reduzir riscos. Com o objetivo de identificar percepcoes de risco nos convivios comensais desenvolveu-se estudo qualitativo com jovens orfaos pela AIDS. Os dados foram obtidos durante entrevista com questoes sobre o cotidiano. Utilizou-se a proposta de Wright Mills do artesanato intelectual, na qual os sujeitos sao considerados atores historicos e sociais. As estrategias mediante a percepcao de risco ao HIV/AIDS foram consideradas acordos pactuados pela familia para assegurar a interacao social. Foi possivel observar que as estrategias incluem a restricao do toque e do contato corporal; separacao de utensilios e inutilizacao da comida tocada por soropositivos. A percepcao de risco pode ser decorrente da inconstância dos achados cientificos e de crencas que reforcam o processo de estigma e discriminacao.

Gostos Memoráveis e Culinária: jovens-órfãos pela Aids em São Paulo

Resumo: a memoria sustenta as tradicoes alimentares. Para apreender a relacao entre memoria e culinaria, entrevistamos 15 jovens orfaos por HIV/AIDS sob a proposta de Mills (2009). A morte materna modifica o gosto da comida. Filhas tornam-se guardias da culinaria. A cozinha e replicada em busca do gosto da comida materna. O gosto atrela sabor e convivios e motiva dialogos terapeuticos. Palavras-chave: Memoria. Cozinha. Cultura. HIV/AIDS. Jovens.

Commensality and care: orphan girls and young women in the context of HIV/Aids

“Monopoly of the kitchen” is historically and culturally attributed to women and mothers. To care for their families, they select and buy food, and cook and serve it. They sustain commensality. In contexts of HIV/AIDS, when mothers die, the daughters become responsible for such care. What do the girls think of the caregiver’s role that they prematurely have to face? What do their brothers think about this? Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 14 young orphans. The data were analyzed as proposed by Mills (2009). The young women did not show any dissatisfaction with the new tasks that they were doing, but deplored the fact that this impeded them from studying and having a life beyond the home. Their brothers viewed dealing with the kitchen as women’s business and rarely collaborated. These young women need care directed towards the vulnerable situation in which they live. Public health policies could seek macrostructures that would act on this demand.