Abstract

GUIMARAES, Cristian Fabiano; MENEGHEL, Stela Nazareth  and  OLIVEIRA, Carmen Silveira de. Subjectivity and resistance strategies in prison. Psicol. cienc. prof. [online]. 2006, vol.26, n.4, pp. 632-645. ISSN 1414-9893.

This study approaches the production of subjectivity in a penitentiary of half-open regime Brazilian prison system with a group of lodged men. The study main goal was to comprehend the ways of subjectivity and identify the resistance strategies as instruments to face violence. It was build a cartographic investigative process, using as tools the participant information, the photography, half structured interviews and the documents analysis. Besides that it was organized a directive group, in which it was aimed the identification of the active resistance. It was verified the existence of delinquent ways of subjectivity in the penitentiary, plus the use of reactive resistance, such as victimizing and abusive drug consumption. Among the active resistance that the lodged men found to survive in the prison are: the internal codes, the artistic productions and the rupture with the victim's speech. This article valorizes the subjectivity production of the sentenced men and shows the existence of resistance in the prison daily routine.

Keywords : Subjectivity; Prison; Resistance; Esquizoanalysis.

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