Pantoja Ana Lídia Nauar
Núcleo de Altos Estudos Amazônicos, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, PA, 66075-900, Brasil.
Cad Saude Publica. 2003;19 Suppl 2:S335-43. doi: 10.1590/s0102-311x2003000800015. Epub 2004 Mar 8.
Focused on a group of low-income youth in Belém, Pará State, Brazil, this study discusses the issue of adolescent pregnancy and motherhood from a socio-anthropological perspective. Aimed at an understanding of the cultural meanings of this event in this context, the study suggests that for adolescent girls, it does not mean a break with life projects. On the contrary, pregnancy and motherhood are valued to the extent that they produce changes in social status for the girls, in terms of affirmation of projects for social mobility in the future, thus justifying the continuity of studies in the face of difficulties imposed by the situation.
这项研究聚焦于巴西帕拉州贝伦市的一群低收入青年，从社会人类学角度探讨了青少年怀孕和生育的问题。该研究旨在理解这一事件在此背景下的文化意义，研究表明，对于青春期女孩来说，这并不意味着与生活规划决裂。相反，怀孕和生育在一定程度上受到重视，因为它们能改变女孩的社会地位，有助于她们在未来实现社会流动的规划，从而使她们在面对当前困境时仍有理由继续学业。
