Discurso da violência contra as mulheres: uma análise de processos enunciativos em posts do Instagram

Abstract

During the transition from the feudal system to capitalism in Europe, as well as in the structuring of society in colonial and imperial Brazil, it is evident that women’s history was marked by various types of violence. These women’s lives were governed by the imposition of the patriarchal system, the state, and the Church, which dictated norms of behavior and control over the body. In the current context, women still face various forms of violence. In this regard, the focus of this research is the discourse of violence against women present on social media, specifically on Instagram. The general objective is to analyze the process by which the discourse on violence against women is constructed, examining the representations of the work of subalternized and privileged groups produced on social media, specifically in Instagram posts. Our specific objectives are: (1) to analyze the subject that emerges in the enunciation of the discourse on violence against women and (2) to study the historicity that shapes the effects of meaning in this discourse. Regarding the theoretical framework, our research draws on the studies by Orlandi (2005), Courtine (2009), and Pêcheux (1995) on Discourse Analysis to understand the notions of the subject, the socio-historical conditions of discourse production, and their relationship with utterances in terms of meaning and historicity. Furthermore, it engages with studies in the Humanities: Federici (2023), Del Priore (2014; 2020), Lélia Gonzalez (2020), Gramsci (2024), Spivak (2010), Bourdieu (2012), among others. The methodology draws on the theoretical and methodological contributions specific to Discourse Analysis, from which we utilize the categories of subject and historicity to analyze our corpus. The analyses indicate that the statements evoke different subjects and historicity in a discourse of violence against women when it comes to representations of the labor of subalternized and privileged groups.