O USO DAS BIOGRAFIAS NAS PESQUISAS ANTROPOLÓGICAS

Abstract

This article intends to discuss about the authority of the narrator in biographical writing, more precisely in the works that seek to present the trajectory of another subject, not the writer himself. The biography has been the object of analysis of many anthropologists, since it is possible to understand how individuals recognize and interact themselves inner their community. However, the narratives are stuffed by the subjectivity of the writer, in other words, experiences, desires and anxieties of the writer direct and induce the story. It is this trend of thought that I seek to make a critical reflection on the biography they intend to present of the trajectory of a person.