A normalidade crítica do cotidiano diante do adoecimento e da morte

Abstract

I adopt the body as a starting point. Thus, I aim to highlight the connections between the experiential dimension of illness and death, and the discursive and institutional frameworks dedicated to categorizing and managing bodies. I argue that the disturbances, oscillations, and anguish of illness are increasingly incorporated into the "ordinary", with the decisive mediation of care work. I thus conclude that care work is the main instrument in the delicate task of creating continuity in face of the impending definitive rupture of organic life, whose approach gives rise to many small and large disturbances in everyday life.