title: [Beyond the transparent body: a consideration of the methods and strategies for examining the homosexual subject].
abstract: The aims of the study are to look at methods and strategies used for analyzing people and classifying them as homosexual and to discuss how certain mechanisms which have been established have made it possible to look at their bodies and arrive at conclusions with regard to such persons. We analyze articles from Science Direct, using a Foucaultian approach. We observe the operation of two technologies: medical body imaging techniques and examinations. These techniques transform the individuals into parts of a strategic device which can be used to build up knowledge, produce files and data, and classify the subjects. The development of this research makes it possible for us to identify certain relationships between homosexuality, the production of scientific knowledge, prejudice, politics and health.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Educação, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Rio Grande, RS, Brasil, joanaliracm@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Joanalira Corpes
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Magalhães
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Educação, Furg, Rio Grande, RS, Brasil, pribeiro@furg.br.
authors.forename: Paula Regina Costa
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Ribeiro
mesh_terms: D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D063509:Homophobia; D006716:Homosexuality; D018594:Human Body; D006801:Humans; D010808:Physical Examination