Authors: Jane Russo, Fabíola Rohden, Alain Giami
ISBN: 978-85-89737-20-3
The book Sexuality, Science, and Profession in Brazil, organized by anthropologist Jane Russo and psychologist Alain Giami, maps the professional field of sexology in the country. The research, coordinated by the Latin American Center on Sexuality and Human Rights (CLAM) of the Institute of Social Medicine (IMS/UERJ), in partnership with Inserm (Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale – France), seeks to outline the specificity of contemporary forms of medicalization of sexuality. This process involves both social control and the production of identities and forms of subjectivity, and it is embedded within a broader process of modernization and globalization.
The work also provides an overview of the emergence and consolidation of Brazilian sexology in its various branches. Additionally, it offers insights for a critical discussion of the dilemmas surrounding contemporary sexuality.