Abstracts
The Embodied Letters emerge from the themes that arose from the production of duoethnographic data from two women with fibromyalgia, who, over the course of a year, maintained contact and shared experiences about the invisibility of the syndrome. Using creative writing, the participants’ experiences (the authors Renata and Mohara) originated the character Elise, who corresponds by letter with the anthropologist David Le Breton, researcher in the field of the anthropology of body and pain. The study adopts a qualitative approach and uses collaborative autoethnography, based on the theory of corporeality. The goal is to discuss the delegitimization of fibromyalgia, the fat body, and their social and affective relationships. The project seeks to provoke reflections on the devaluation of pain and its social consequences, proposing a welcoming approach to fibromyalgia patients.
Keywords
Autoethnography; Fibromyalgia; Fatphobia; Anthropology
Access in: https://doi.org/10.1590/interface.240325
