Life-narratives and human rights: reflection about women’s rights and state of exception

Authors

  • Luana Mathias Souto Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21119/anamps.61.151-175

Keywords:

Life-narratives, Human rights, Dystopian fiction, Agamben, State of exception

Abstract

This paper aims to analyze the women's rights in the Brazilian context, mainly, reproductive rights. So, to achieve this purpose, this paper through the combination of Law, philosophy, and Literature tries to rethinking why women can’t have a voice when the decisions about their rights are taken? Methodologically, it was used a bibliographical revision, the novel The Handmaid’s Tale, wrote by Margaret Atwood (2002) and the concepts of Homo sacer and state of exception developed by the philosopher Giorgio Agamben (1998; 2005) to illustrated how life-narratives can promote human rights.

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Author Biography

Luana Mathias Souto, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais

Doutoranda e Mestre em Direito Público pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais. Bolsista Capes/taxa.

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Published

2020-06-28

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SOUTO, L. M. Life-narratives and human rights: reflection about women’s rights and state of exception. ANAMORPHOSIS - International Journal of Law and Literature, Porto Alegre, v. 6, n. 1, p. 151–175, 2020. DOI: 10.21119/anamps.61.151-175. Disponível em: https://rdl.emnuvens.com.br/anamps/article/view/608. Acesso em: 28 sep. 2025.

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Vol. 6 No. 1 (2020): janeiro-junho

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