Espelho de Eva, ventre de Maria: a Igreja Católica e a construção do corpo profano da mulher nos sermões do Padre Antônio Vieira (século XVII)

Abstract

The present work makes a brief walk on the influence of the Catholic Church in the construction of sin linked to the flesh, and later, consequently, of a body that will be watched and controlled. We treat the concepts attributed to the body in the collective imagination, in the course of history, through some perspectives. This body, detached within a temporal (seventeenth century), and geographical (Europe) cut. When approaching the woman's body, later on, it is also necessary to point out that we are not dealing with a universal category, but a given woman. The white, "civilized" woman. We bring the sermonaries of Father Antônio Vieira, which touch these bodies, making a parallel with the imagery ambiguity brought by him: the sinful woman in opposition to the holy woman.