Queering and Querying the Paradise of Paradox

LGBT Language, New Media, and Visual Cultures in Modern-Day Brazil

AvSteven F. Butterman

Inbunden, Engelska, 2021

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This book provides readers with a study of the characteristics that make life unique for sexual minorities in Brazil while also viewing Brazil in relation to global LGBT sociopolitical movements. It critically assesses the complex relationship(s) between the visual arts and political activism, carefully analyzing artistic, cinematic, and photographic representations of LGBTQ identities. Brazil provides a useful case to example, with the cultivation of ambiguity in contemporary (re)constructions of queer life. In this book, the author conducts the first comprehensive discourse analysis of the dynamics and features of the largest LGBT Pride Parade in the world. This problematizes and analyzes the relationship between burgeoning critical socio-political movements and institutions and the language and new media discourses used to configure and conceptualize them.The aim of this project is to create a theoretical scholarly framework promoting linkages between political activism and academic scholarship and by using discourse analysis, the intricacies of terminology Brazilian sexual minorities adopt and adapt, illustrating the development of LGBTQ identities through performative language use.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2021-06-02
Mått:163 x 228 x 25 mm
Vikt:685 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:318
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9781538150887

Utforska kategorier

HBTQ+ inom Samhälle och politik
Genusvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Politik och statsskick inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Steven F. Butterman is Associate Professor of Portuguese and Director of the Portuguese Language Program at the University of Miami, where he has also directed the Women's and Gender Studies program, served as coordinator of the Interdisciplinary Studies programs and developed the minor in LGBTQ Studies.

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This material is exemplary of Butterman’s first-rate work on Brazil, both in terms of research reliability and thoughtful analysis. Queering and Querying the Paradise of Paradox helps us to understand the specifics of Brazilian sociosexual history, which bulks so large in Latin America’s imaginary and in the international imaginary.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction: Pondering the Paradise of Paradox: LGBTI+ Culture in Brazil TodayChapter 1. A Decade of Decadence: The Emergence of the Largest Gay Pride Parade on the Planet (1997 – 2006) Chapter 2. Winter Carnaval fora de época?: Progression and Retrogression in São Paulo’s LGBT Pride Parade (2007 – 2011)Chapter 3. WhatsZapping the LGBT Pride Parade of São Paulo: Fake News and the (Ab)uses of Social Media Platforms in Digital Brazil (2012 – 2020)Chapter 4. Looking Them Up (and Down): What (Homo)Sexuality Means in Brazilian Reference Works Chapter 5. Translating Trans in Brazilian CultureChapter 6. Tracing the Trenches of the Travesti Travesty: Trans Photography and Artivism in BrazilChapter 7. (For)Getting Far Away from Home: Cinematic Representations of 21st-Century (LGB)Trans BrazilChapter 8. What’s Queer Got to do With It? Queernormativity and Heterobrasilidade in Brazil’s QueermuseuEpilogue: The (R)evolving Closet Door in LGBT BrazilAppendix: The Queer-stionnaireNotesBibliography