RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Bioethical Issues in Contemporary Brazilian Culture
JF Luso-Brazilian Review
JO Luso-Braz Rev
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 129
OP 151
DO 10.3368/lbr.54.2.129
VO 54
IS 2
A1 Nicola Gavioli
YR 2017
UL http://lbr.uwpress.org/content/54/2/129.abstract
AB This article focuses on the way in which contemporary Brazilian literature participates in the international debate regarding bioethical issues, with a particular focus on the representation and discussion of euthanasia and assisted suicide. Analyzing novels by Carlos Heitor Cony (A morte e a vida, 2007) and Eliane Brum (Uma duas, 2011), short texts by Moacyr Scliar and Dráuzio Varella in dialogue with scholars in Critical Disability Studies, I demonstrate how Brazilian literature today is engaged in such problematic discussions as: patients’ rights, disability, and “good death,” presenting unusual points of view (A morte e a vida) and offering nuanced approaches that do not necessarily fit into binary simplifications for or against euthanasia (Uma duas).