"Meu corpo, minhas regras": construções identitárias em panfletos da Marcha das Vadias

Abstract

The objective this study is to investigate the identities of women constructed from the dialogical struggles in pamphlets of divulgation the SlutWalk, feminist movement that emerged in 2011 in Toronto in Canada and has gained worldwide prominence in combating acts of violence committed against women. In an attempt to combat male chauvinism, this movement seeks to deconstruct discourses that hold women accountable for the violence they are subjected to, and at the same time constructs new meanings about the female identities. In order to reach the objective of this research, we investigate the valoratives positioning present in 10 pamphlets of divulgation the SlutWalk, and from the linguistic-discursive and semiotic resources used, to identify which women's identities are constructed. For this, the research presented here inserts in the field of studies in Applied Linguistics, being anchored in a socio-historical conception of language, understanding it as a constitutive and constituent discursive practice of social life (BAKHTIN, 2013, 2015, BAKHTIN/VOLOSHINOV, 2010). In addition, we established interconnections with studies about gender identities (BUTLER, 2013, LOURO, 2010, 2015, MOITA LOPES, 2002, 2003) and with Cultural Studies (HALL, 2014 and WOODWARD, 2014), for these understand the identities as historical, hybrid and decentered constructions, which are forged by the subjects in social practices. Substantiated by these theoretical and methodological frameworks, the analysis of discourses revealed valoratives positioning that build identities of a free, critical, participatory woman, which discusses violence and questions the gender stereotypes when she empowers the own body. It found, also, that these identities seek to deconstruct discourses that blame women for the violence they are victims.