“Baitola, viado, frutinha... podem gritar, pra mim isso é um elogio”: narrativas e masculinidades dissidentes em um projeto artivista

Abstract

In this research, my main goal is to produce an understanding on how the narratives from the project “Chicos” produce male homoaffective performances whose practices diverge from the prescribed male hegemonic models (CONNELL; MESSERSCHMIDT, 2013). The project in question, in the artivism field (COLLING, 2018), was created independently by the photographers Rodrigo Ladeira and Fábio Lamounier and aims to approach experiences on how diverse men divergent from the gender and sexuality norms understand themselves in their own sexuality, identity, and body (LADEIRA; LAMOUNIER, 2016). The theoretical foundation used in the research mainly involves the ideas of narrative, discourse, and performance (PENNYCOOK, 2007; BUTLER 2003, 2004; BAUMAN; BRIGGS, 1990; MOITA LOPES, 2001; BASTOS, 2005; DE FINA, 2015; BAMBERG; GEORGAKOPOULOU, 2008). Supported by the concepts of Indisciplinary Applied Linguistics, which not only assumes a way to think differently, but also to act politically capable to reflect on its own knowledge that it produces (MOITA LOPES, 2006), I also aim to establish an epistemic reflection concerning masculinities and homoaffectivities (CONNELL, 1995; CONNELL; MESSERSCHMIDT, 2013; MILANI, 2017, amongst others) influenced by the decolonial lenses in gender studies (LUGONES, 2008; GOMES, 2018). Regarding data analysis, conceptual tools of indexical clues (WORTHAM, 2001) and positioning (BAMBERG, 2002; BAMBERG; GEORGAKOPOULOU, 2008; DEPPERMAN, 2015) will be used for the analysis of short stories (BAMBERG; GEORGAKOPOULOU, 2008) selected on the project website. Such notions are extremely relevant, since they provide a reflection on the processes of discourse circulation and subversion regarding the notions of gender and sexuality (LOURO, 2016; 2017). Concerning methodological issues, the data was generated based on an inquiry of exploratory character, based on virtual ethnography on the project website. In the end of this study, reflections are presented regarding how, when mobilizing diverse linguistic resources, differences in gender are produced. Concerning masculinities, by means of different institutions and individuals, it can be observed how models taken as ideal are (re)produced and supported in the attempt to conform different men to expected social positions. This research also aims to point to other discussions in regards to gender and sexuality in the language studies field.