In this article, my intention is to analyze the talk of four leper women, in-patients of the Hospital Colônia Itapuã, in Viamão, State of Rio Grande do Sul, observing the manner in which they construct a determined image of themselves. Initially I try to situate the reader with respect to the institution and the construction of such interviews. Afterwards, I try to analyze the feminine memoranda that people this study through the three roles that they occupy within the institution, which recur in their talk: a married person, a mother and a widow. I attempt to perceive the images constructed through such speech, analyzing the version of themselves that they wish to prevail.
Hansen's disease; memory; subjectivation