A institucionalização do menor desvalido na perspectiva de Michel Foucault: 1927-1988

Abstract

This work, in addition to presenting a theoretical discussion regarding the institutionalization of minors, also analyzes it from the perspective of Michel Foucault, as host institutions, exercise control and management over the lives of children and adolescents, with the aim of understanding how biopower manifests itself through practices of surveillance, discipline and control of bodies. The research is based on the analysis of the 1927 Minors Code and Decree No. 968 of July 15, 1976. In this way, the time frame during this interval allows us to contextualize changes in legislation and institutional practices in response to transformations inthe period of implementation of laws. In this sense, we seek to understand how power operates through disciplinary practices and control of children and adolescents considered to be in an irregular situation. Therefore, through this analysis, the implications of child and adolescent assistance policies are examined, in the light of Foucauldian thought.