Metaphor and sexuality: a discursive analysis of antifeminists posts on social media

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Autor(a) principal: da Silva Balieiro, Anndra Karolina
Data de Publicação: 2022
Outros Autores: Pothin Narzetti Costa, Claudiana Nair
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: por
Título da fonte: Revista odisséia
Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufrn.br/odisseia/article/view/29985
Resumo: This article presents an analysis of the functioning of the antifeminist discourse, notably on the effects of meanings around the discursive object “sexual revolution” whose origin can be related to the feminist discourse. The theoretical and methodological framework is Materialist Discourse Analysis, the works of Michel Pêcheux (1988; 1990; 1999; 2006; 2011; 2014) and his group. The corpus consists of four publications collected on self-titled antifeminist pages, hosted on Instagram and Facebook. From these publications, we highlight discursive sequences (COURTINE, 2009) that resume the object “sexual revolution” and we identify: a chain of signifiers that in the antifeminist discourse metaphorizes it in “liberation”, “libertinage”, “promiscuity” and a set of supposed negative consequences of the feminist movement for women and, consequently, for society. We conclude that women's sexuality emerges in antifeminist discursivity in a relationship of frank opposition to what was/is defended by feminist discursivity and with neoconservative and neoliberal ideological formation.
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spelling Metaphor and sexuality: a discursive analysis of antifeminists posts on social media Metáfora e sexualidade da mulher:: uma análise discursiva de publicações antifeministas nas redes sociaisDiscurso antifeministaRedes sociaisAnálise do Discurso MaterialistaAntifeminist DiscourseSocial MediaMaterialist Discourse AnalysisThis article presents an analysis of the functioning of the antifeminist discourse, notably on the effects of meanings around the discursive object “sexual revolution” whose origin can be related to the feminist discourse. The theoretical and methodological framework is Materialist Discourse Analysis, the works of Michel Pêcheux (1988; 1990; 1999; 2006; 2011; 2014) and his group. The corpus consists of four publications collected on self-titled antifeminist pages, hosted on Instagram and Facebook. From these publications, we highlight discursive sequences (COURTINE, 2009) that resume the object “sexual revolution” and we identify: a chain of signifiers that in the antifeminist discourse metaphorizes it in “liberation”, “libertinage”, “promiscuity” and a set of supposed negative consequences of the feminist movement for women and, consequently, for society. We conclude that women's sexuality emerges in antifeminist discursivity in a relationship of frank opposition to what was/is defended by feminist discursivity and with neoconservative and neoliberal ideological formation.Este artigo apresenta uma análise sobre o funcionamento do discurso antifeminista, notadamente sobre os efeitos de sentidos em torno do objeto discursivo “revolução sexual” cuja origem pode ser relacionada ao discurso feminista. O referencial teórico e metodológico é a Análise de Discurso Materialista, partindo dos trabalhos de Michel Pêcheux (1988; 1990; 1999; 2006; 2011; 2014) e seu grupo. O corpus consiste em quatro publicações de páginas autointituladas antifeministas, advindas do Instagram e do Facebook. Destas publicações, destacamos sequências discursivas (COURTINE, 2009) que retomam o objeto “revolução sexual” e identificamos: uma cadeia de significantes que no discurso antifeminista metaforiza-a em “liberação”, “libertinagem”, “promiscuidade” e um conjunto de supostas consequências negativas do movimento feminista para as mulheres e, consequentemente, para a sociedade. Concluímos que a sexualidade da mulher emerge na discursividade antifeminista em relação de franca oposição com o que foi/é defendido pela discursividade feminista e com formação ideológica neoconservadora e neoliberal.UFRN2022-12-02info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://periodicos.ufrn.br/odisseia/article/view/2998510.21680/1983-2435.2022v7n2ID29985Odisseia; Vol. 7 No. 2 (2022): Revista Odisseia; 94-113Revue Odisseia; Vol. 7 No. 2 (2022): Revista Odisseia; 94-113Revista Odisseia; v. 7 n. 2 (2022): Revista Odisseia; 94-1131983-243510.21680/1983-2435.2022v7n2reponame:Revista odisséiainstname:Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN)instacron:UFRNporhttps://periodicos.ufrn.br/odisseia/article/view/29985/16292Copyright (c) 2022 Revista Odisseiahttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessda Silva Balieiro, Anndra KarolinaPothin Narzetti Costa, Claudiana Nair2022-12-30T19:12:41Zoai:periodicos.ufrn.br:article/29985Revistahttps://periodicos.ufrn.br/odisseia/indexPUBhttps://periodicos.ufrn.br/odisseia/oai||revistaodisseia2016@gmail.com1983-24351983-2435opendoar:2022-12-30T19:12:41Revista odisséia - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Metaphor and sexuality: a discursive analysis of antifeminists posts on social media
Metáfora e sexualidade da mulher:: uma análise discursiva de publicações antifeministas nas redes sociais
title Metaphor and sexuality: a discursive analysis of antifeminists posts on social media
spellingShingle Metaphor and sexuality: a discursive analysis of antifeminists posts on social media
da Silva Balieiro, Anndra Karolina
Discurso antifeminista
Redes sociais
Análise do Discurso Materialista
Antifeminist Discourse
Social Media
Materialist Discourse Analysis
title_short Metaphor and sexuality: a discursive analysis of antifeminists posts on social media
title_full Metaphor and sexuality: a discursive analysis of antifeminists posts on social media
title_fullStr Metaphor and sexuality: a discursive analysis of antifeminists posts on social media
title_full_unstemmed Metaphor and sexuality: a discursive analysis of antifeminists posts on social media
title_sort Metaphor and sexuality: a discursive analysis of antifeminists posts on social media
author da Silva Balieiro, Anndra Karolina
author_facet da Silva Balieiro, Anndra Karolina
Pothin Narzetti Costa, Claudiana Nair
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author2 Pothin Narzetti Costa, Claudiana Nair
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv da Silva Balieiro, Anndra Karolina
Pothin Narzetti Costa, Claudiana Nair
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Discurso antifeminista
Redes sociais
Análise do Discurso Materialista
Antifeminist Discourse
Social Media
Materialist Discourse Analysis
topic Discurso antifeminista
Redes sociais
Análise do Discurso Materialista
Antifeminist Discourse
Social Media
Materialist Discourse Analysis
description This article presents an analysis of the functioning of the antifeminist discourse, notably on the effects of meanings around the discursive object “sexual revolution” whose origin can be related to the feminist discourse. The theoretical and methodological framework is Materialist Discourse Analysis, the works of Michel Pêcheux (1988; 1990; 1999; 2006; 2011; 2014) and his group. The corpus consists of four publications collected on self-titled antifeminist pages, hosted on Instagram and Facebook. From these publications, we highlight discursive sequences (COURTINE, 2009) that resume the object “sexual revolution” and we identify: a chain of signifiers that in the antifeminist discourse metaphorizes it in “liberation”, “libertinage”, “promiscuity” and a set of supposed negative consequences of the feminist movement for women and, consequently, for society. We conclude that women's sexuality emerges in antifeminist discursivity in a relationship of frank opposition to what was/is defended by feminist discursivity and with neoconservative and neoliberal ideological formation.
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