Meanings Around the Transsexual Body: The Medico-Scientific Discourse in David Ebershoff’s The Danish Girl
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Resumo: | This article aims to discuss meanings related to the transsexual body through the medico-scientific discourse used to construct the character of Lili Elbe, a transsexual woman, in David Ebershoff's The Danish Girl. The theoretical framework includes studies on an interdisciplinary queer approach in applied linguistics (MOITA LOPES, 2006; FABRICIO, 2017; BUTLER, 1990; SALIH, 2017; MISKOLCI, 2017), as well as on transsexual corporeality in medico-scientific discourse (BENTO, 2008, 2014; CASSANA, 2018; DENARDIN, 2019). The methodological framework is that of analytical and interpretative research. For data generation, selected extracts from Ebershoff’s novel were analyzed to verify how the medico-scientific discourse is constructed throughout the narrative. In the story, the main character Lili or Einar Wegener is described as someone who lives within a dual process that sways between two different personas, one male (Einar) and one female (Lili, who emerges over the course of the plot). Even though this character uses medico-scientific discourse(s) as a means of self-justification, it comes forth as collaboration with the pathologizing process associated with transsexual women, still largely viewed as carriers of personality disorders related to sexuality. Results indicate the establishment of an essentiality between gender identity and sexuality, based on the interrelatedness of medico-scientific discourses and the binary gender essentialism found in society (man/woman, male/female). This phenomenon fails to legitimize the social standing of trans people, who have always been a part of society. |
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Meanings Around the Transsexual Body: The Medico-Scientific Discourse in David Ebershoff’s The Danish GirlSentidos em Torno do Corpo Transexual: O Discurso Médico- Científico no Livro A Garota Dinamarquesa de David EbershoffGarota dinamarquesacorpodiscurso médico-científicotransexualidadeThe Danish girlbodydiscoursemedico-scientifictranssexualityThis article aims to discuss meanings related to the transsexual body through the medico-scientific discourse used to construct the character of Lili Elbe, a transsexual woman, in David Ebershoff's The Danish Girl. The theoretical framework includes studies on an interdisciplinary queer approach in applied linguistics (MOITA LOPES, 2006; FABRICIO, 2017; BUTLER, 1990; SALIH, 2017; MISKOLCI, 2017), as well as on transsexual corporeality in medico-scientific discourse (BENTO, 2008, 2014; CASSANA, 2018; DENARDIN, 2019). The methodological framework is that of analytical and interpretative research. For data generation, selected extracts from Ebershoff’s novel were analyzed to verify how the medico-scientific discourse is constructed throughout the narrative. In the story, the main character Lili or Einar Wegener is described as someone who lives within a dual process that sways between two different personas, one male (Einar) and one female (Lili, who emerges over the course of the plot). Even though this character uses medico-scientific discourse(s) as a means of self-justification, it comes forth as collaboration with the pathologizing process associated with transsexual women, still largely viewed as carriers of personality disorders related to sexuality. Results indicate the establishment of an essentiality between gender identity and sexuality, based on the interrelatedness of medico-scientific discourses and the binary gender essentialism found in society (man/woman, male/female). This phenomenon fails to legitimize the social standing of trans people, who have always been a part of society.Este artigo tem como objetivo discutir os sentidos em torno do corpo transexual por meio do discurso médico-científico na construção da personagem de Lili Elbe, em A Garota dinamarquesa, escritor David Ebershoff, na qualidade de mulher transexual. Teoricamente, este trabalho tem se fundamentado em uma perspectiva indisciplinar queer de linguística aplicada (MOITA LOPES, 2006; FABRICIO, 2017; BUTLER, 1990; SALIH, 2017; MISKOLCI, 2017) e pesquisas acerca da corporeidade transexual no discurso médico-científico (BENTO, 2008, 2014; CASSANA, 2018; DENARDIN, 2019). Metodologicamente, este artigo se enquadra num viés analítico-interpretativista. Para geração dos dados, realizou-se a análise do livro e de alguns excertos no intuito de identificar como o discurso médico-científico é construído discursivamente ao longo da narrativa. Sobre a trama, a personagem principal Lili, ou Einar Wegener, é descrita como uma sujeita que vive em um processo dual que oscila entre duas personas distintas, o masculino (Einar) e o feminino (Lili que emerge no decorrer da trama) que se apropria do discurso médico-científico como um (entre)meio para se autojustificar, no entanto, parece colaborar com o processo de patologização, que é correlacionado às mulheres transexuais e que são ainda ditas pelo senso comum como portadoras de transtornos de personalidade relacionados à sexualidade. Os resultados apontam para o estabelecimento de uma essencialidade entre identidade de gênero e sexualidade, embasados na interseccionalidade do discurso médico-científico, vinculados ao essencialismo sexual binário presente na sociedade: homem/mulher, macho/fêmea, deixando assim de legitimar o lugar dos sujeitos trans, que também integram e constituem e sempre fizeram parte da sociedade.EdUECE2020-03-23info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://revistas.uece.br/index.php/linguagememfoco/article/view/291910.46230/2674-8266-11-2919Revista Linguagem em Foco; Vol. 11 No. 2 (2019): Contemporary Ethnicity, Gender and Sexuality Studies; 165-179Revista Linguagem em Foco; v. 11 n. 2 (2019): Estudos Etnicorraciais, Gênero e Sexualidade na Contemporaneidade; 165-1792674-82662176-7955reponame:Revista Linguagem em Foco (Online)instname:Universidade Estadual do Ceará (UECE)instacron:UECEporhttps://revistas.uece.br/index.php/linguagememfoco/article/view/2919/2434Copyright (c) 2020 Dánie Marcelo de Jesus, Gabriel Marchetto, Jaqueline Ângelo dos Santos Denardinhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessde Jesus, Dánie MarceloMarchetto, GabrielDenardin, Jaqueline Ângelo dos Santos2021-03-23T17:44:57Zoai:ojs.revistas.uece.br:article/2919Revistahttps://revistas.uece.br/index.php/linguagememfocoPUBhttps://revistas.uece.br/index.php/linguagememfoco/oailinguagememfoco@uece.br||2674-82662176-7955opendoar:2021-03-23T17:44:57Revista Linguagem em Foco (Online) - Universidade Estadual do Ceará (UECE)false |
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Meanings Around the Transsexual Body: The Medico-Scientific Discourse in David Ebershoff’s The Danish Girl Sentidos em Torno do Corpo Transexual: O Discurso Médico- Científico no Livro A Garota Dinamarquesa de David Ebershoff |
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Meanings Around the Transsexual Body: The Medico-Scientific Discourse in David Ebershoff’s The Danish Girl |
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Meanings Around the Transsexual Body: The Medico-Scientific Discourse in David Ebershoff’s The Danish Girl de Jesus, Dánie Marcelo Garota dinamarquesa corpo discurso médico-científico transexualidade The Danish girl body discourse medico-scientific transsexuality |
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Meanings Around the Transsexual Body: The Medico-Scientific Discourse in David Ebershoff’s The Danish Girl |
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Meanings Around the Transsexual Body: The Medico-Scientific Discourse in David Ebershoff’s The Danish Girl |
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Meanings Around the Transsexual Body: The Medico-Scientific Discourse in David Ebershoff’s The Danish Girl |
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Meanings Around the Transsexual Body: The Medico-Scientific Discourse in David Ebershoff’s The Danish Girl |
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Meanings Around the Transsexual Body: The Medico-Scientific Discourse in David Ebershoff’s The Danish Girl |
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de Jesus, Dánie Marcelo |
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de Jesus, Dánie Marcelo Marchetto, Gabriel Denardin, Jaqueline Ângelo dos Santos |
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Marchetto, Gabriel Denardin, Jaqueline Ângelo dos Santos |
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de Jesus, Dánie Marcelo Marchetto, Gabriel Denardin, Jaqueline Ângelo dos Santos |
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Garota dinamarquesa corpo discurso médico-científico transexualidade The Danish girl body discourse medico-scientific transsexuality |
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Garota dinamarquesa corpo discurso médico-científico transexualidade The Danish girl body discourse medico-scientific transsexuality |
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This article aims to discuss meanings related to the transsexual body through the medico-scientific discourse used to construct the character of Lili Elbe, a transsexual woman, in David Ebershoff's The Danish Girl. The theoretical framework includes studies on an interdisciplinary queer approach in applied linguistics (MOITA LOPES, 2006; FABRICIO, 2017; BUTLER, 1990; SALIH, 2017; MISKOLCI, 2017), as well as on transsexual corporeality in medico-scientific discourse (BENTO, 2008, 2014; CASSANA, 2018; DENARDIN, 2019). The methodological framework is that of analytical and interpretative research. For data generation, selected extracts from Ebershoff’s novel were analyzed to verify how the medico-scientific discourse is constructed throughout the narrative. In the story, the main character Lili or Einar Wegener is described as someone who lives within a dual process that sways between two different personas, one male (Einar) and one female (Lili, who emerges over the course of the plot). Even though this character uses medico-scientific discourse(s) as a means of self-justification, it comes forth as collaboration with the pathologizing process associated with transsexual women, still largely viewed as carriers of personality disorders related to sexuality. Results indicate the establishment of an essentiality between gender identity and sexuality, based on the interrelatedness of medico-scientific discourses and the binary gender essentialism found in society (man/woman, male/female). This phenomenon fails to legitimize the social standing of trans people, who have always been a part of society. |
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