Resumo
The Mães de Manguinhos collective is made up of
mothers and family members of victims of state violence, who organize themselves with
the aim of denouncing and acting on the arbitrary actions of the police and Brazilian
governance towards the poor, black and peripheral population. This work focuses on
presenting how affection goes through the process called by the collective as “the
transformation of mourning into struggle”. Here, I argue that its political agencies are
built through and on affects. The articulations built from affections present themselves
as an important resource that gives form and legitimacy in the face of political demands,
and also constitutes a network of mutual support between other subjects who share their
experiences and support their cause, contributing to subjective support for continuity of
their lives after the loss of their loved ones.