This article is part of a dissertation that discussed some of the ways in which young women give meaning to, learn and experience the body care in contemporary society. It is inscribed in the fields of gender studies, and particularly within the critical strands aligned with Michel Foucault's poststructuralist perspective. It uses the methodological approach of discourse analysis to examine discussions with 18 girls between the ages of 13 and 15, students from a public school in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, who joined focal group meetings developed during two months in 2004. I use the kaleidoscope metaphor to multiply the views on the body.
Body; Gender; Youth; Kaleidoscope