title: Representations of nurses and individuals in psychological distress in the photographic exhibit USAnatomy, by Steven Klein.
abstract: Objectives To analyze the representations of the nurse and individual in mental suffering portrayed in the photographic work by Steven Klein, in the USAnatomy exhibit held at the Museum of Sculpture (Museu da escultura) in São Paulo, in 2011. Methods Qualitative study carried out in 2012. Three photographs were submitted to iconographic analysis. The interpretation of the findings was based on theoretical frameworks of Foucault and Bourdieu on power relations. Results The nurse is represented as a sensual, insensitive person, with the power to control and torture while the person in psychological distress is represented as dirty, imprisoned and subjected to an asymmetrical relationship of power with the nurse. Final considerations Relationships of submission and symbolic dominance, in which the person in psychological distress has their body molded by discipline imposed by the nurse. Stereotypes of the image of the nurse oppose the ideology of the profession, which is to ensure the integrity of those being cared for.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Saúde, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brasil.
authors.forename: Evanilda Souza de Santana
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Carvalho
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Saúde, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brasil.
authors.forename: Edna Maria de
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Araújo
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Saúde, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brasil.
authors.forename: Silvone Santa Bárbara da Silva
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.affiliation: Secretaria Municipal da Saúde do Salvador, Salvador, Bahia, Brasil.
authors.forename: Alexandro Gesner Gomes Dos
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Santos
mesh_terms: D000329:Advertising; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001294:Attitude to Health; D004291:Dominance-Subordination; D006801:Humans; D008512:Medicine in the Arts; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology; D010361:Patients / Q000523:psychology; D010687:Philosophy, Nursing; D010781:Photography; D011209:Power, Psychological; D013240:Stereotyping; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000451:nursing*; D013561:Symbolism