Banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO: NAI MONTEIRO DA SILVA

Uma banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO de MESTRADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : NAI MONTEIRO DA SILVA
DATE: 26/01/2023
TIME: 10:00
LOCAL: Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco
TITLE:

Between fagots and discourses about dissident masculinities in the Grindr app

KEY WORDS:

Dissident masculinities; Referencing; (Trans)viada Applied Linguistics; Afeminophobia; Grindr.

PAGES: 80
BIG AREA: Lingüística, Letras e Artes
AREA: Lingüística
SUBÁREA: Lingüística Aplicada
SUMMARY:

The present work aims to investigate the textual criterion of referencing in profiles that deal with dissident masculinities in the dating app Grindr. In order to build an interdisciplinary debate on the subject in focus, two theoretical strands support this study: Textual Linguistics (CAVALCANTE; BRITO, 2022; CAVALCANTE; MARTINS, 2020; CUSTÓDIO FILHO, 2011) and Applied Linguistics (Trans)viada, being This is my proposition in the sense of dialogue between authors of Applied Linguistics (MOITA LOPES, 2022; FABRÍCIO, 2006; RAJAGOPALAN, 2006) and what I have called (Trans)viated Theories linked to gender and sexuality (BAGAGLI, 2013; BORBA, 2020; SANTOS FILHO, 2021; VERGUEIRO, 2020). Of a qualitative and interpretative nature, the analysis carried out consists of 50 prints, collected between 2019 and 2022, of user profiles of the Grindr application, a digital platform whose purpose is sexual and/or affective relationships, mainly between men who relate to other men. The specific objectives are, respectively, a) to identify which referents and referential networks are more recurrent in the analyzed profiles; b) compare the referential networks of profiles that deal with common referents; c) recognize possible effects of meaning arising from the linguistic resources used in the representation of dissident masculinities. In terms of results, it was possible to observe that referents linked to effeminate gays are continually introduced and resumed through derogatory recategorizations, in order to delegitimize their masculinities as if they were insufficient, based on categories such as stereotype, assumption and denial, within what it is socially understood as “being a man”. Added to this is the fact that the referents effeminate, fat and old are the most abjectified, respectively, within the construction of the profiles. On the other hand, referents related to expressions such as “male” and “confidential” are constructed and required as a way of validating performances assessed as natural and adequate. It is possible to conclude, therefore, the need to horizontalize the notions of gender and sexuality in order to overcome the verticalization that ratifies some performances as correct while invalidating and abjectifying others seen as inferior for not reproducing certain standards. Furthermore, it is important to understand the linguistic mechanisms of afeminophobia in order to dismantle and subvert discourses of a prejudiced nature.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Presidente - IRAN FERREIRA DE MELO
Interno - NATANAEL DUARTE DE AZEVEDO
Externo à Instituição - Ismar Inácio dos Santos Filho