In this episode, we are going to learn a little about how Brazilian women get old based on the book “Coroas: Corpo, Envelhecimento, Casamento e Infidelidade” meaning “Mature Women: Body, Aging, Marriage and Infidelity” by Mirian Goldenberg (Record Publishing House), and how to translate the word RUN into Portuguese.

Coroas: Corpo, Envelhecimento, Casamento e Infidelidade

O que você faria se descobrisse que não sabe envelhecer? A pergunta pode parecer estranha, mas uma pesquisadora descobriu que as mulheres brasileiras não sabem! Mirian Goldenberg é doutora em antropologia e autora de diversos livros, inclusive um que trata das ‘coroas’ do Brasil. Ela descobriu que a cultura da juventude, da magreza e do corpo perfeito, veiculada massivamente pela mídia, obriga a brasileira, principalmente as do Rio, a investir no corpo jovem e magro…

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