title: [Sexuality covered by the body's silence].
abstract: The humane relations are mediated by the verbal and non-verbal communication. The non-verbal communication expresses our feelings and emotions, it complements, contradicts and replaces the verbal communication. This study reflects upon the non-verbal communication as a specific approach to sexuality covered by the bodies silence and it expresses the feelings which are determined by the interrelation process of each experience. The data were collected through individual interviews realized from January to March by the year 1995, according to the women from a countryside area in Rio Grande do Sul. It is included in this study the non-verbal signs of the "paralanguage", body language, touch language, and also clothes and items demonstrating the culture, value and cultural preconceptions about Sexuality.
authors.affiliation: Escola de Enfermagem da Universidade de São Paulo. giltimm@ct.ufsm
authors.forename: L B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Ressel
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: da Silva
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D006801:Humans; D019529:Sexuality / Q000523:psychology*
vernacular_title: Reflexões sobre a sexualidade velada no silêncio dos corpos.