When Race and Gender are on Focus: Discursive Confrontations on Social Network

When Race and Gender are on Focus: Discursive Confrontations on Social Network

The present text aims to reflect on interactional exchanges unfolded on two black women’s Facebook profiles. Both have been on the spotlight on Brazilian television. Our focus is to produce knowledge regarding the discursive (re)production of race and gender-related slurs in an on-line context. Base...

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Main Authors: Roberto Carlos da Silva Borges, Glenda Cristina Valim de Melo
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina 2019-09-01
Series:Revista Estudos Feministas
Subjects:
raça
gênero
linguagem como performance
contexto on-line
Online Access:https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/ref/article/view/54727
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When Race and Gender are on Focus: Discursive Confrontations on Social Network
Revista Estudos Feministas
raça
gênero
linguagem como performance
contexto on-line
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Glenda Cristina Valim de Melo
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title When Race and Gender are on Focus: Discursive Confrontations on Social Network
title_short When Race and Gender are on Focus: Discursive Confrontations on Social Network
title_full When Race and Gender are on Focus: Discursive Confrontations on Social Network
title_fullStr When Race and Gender are on Focus: Discursive Confrontations on Social Network
title_full_unstemmed When Race and Gender are on Focus: Discursive Confrontations on Social Network
title_sort when race and gender are on focus: discursive confrontations on social network
publisher Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
series Revista Estudos Feministas
issn 0104-026X
1806-9584
publishDate 2019-09-01
description The present text aims to reflect on interactional exchanges unfolded on two black women’s Facebook profiles. Both have been on the spotlight on Brazilian television. Our focus is to produce knowledge regarding the discursive (re)production of race and gender-related slurs in an on-line context. Based on the assumption that language is action, we promote a dialogue with theoretical perspectives on ‘race’ and ‘racism’. The data the study generated allow us to infer that the performative speech acts of racial and gender-related slurs point to discourses and beliefs which still construct black women as ‘inferior’ and ‘bestial’ – regardless their statuses – whose bodies are ‘naturally always ready and available’ to different kinds of (including verbal) assaults.
topic raça
gênero
linguagem como performance
contexto on-line
url https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/ref/article/view/54727
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