The disourse of and about women in the Brazilian erotic funk : a proposal from analysis of the feminine sexuality / O discurso da e sobre a mulher no funk brasileiro de cunho erotico : uma proposta de analise do universo sexual feminino

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2009

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The present work aims to reflect upon the participation of the woman in the Brazilian funk focusing on a branch of this movement which songs express a high level of eroticism. For this task, I take into account the theoretical analytic conception of Discourse Analysis of the French School, Foucault s studies of sexuality as well as Bakhtin s approach about the relationship between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance popular culture and François Rabelais work. The inclusion of Bakhtin s thesis in this research is due to the fact that the funk in our society is conceived as a grotesque, obscene and vulgar movement which exploits woman s sexuality in an unconventional way. Slang terms as popozuda (woman having big buttocks), filly, bitch, slut, floozy and many others refer to the woman in the funk (funkeira), a kind of symbolic representation of herself as a shameless and cheeky subject who doesn t feel embarrassed at displaying her sexuality in public. These and others characteristics of the funk (the symbolism that involves men, the exposure of children to erotic scenes) have become matter of discussion by religious memberships, politicians, the women s movement and researchers interested in studying this woman representation in Brazilian society in order to understand her social image and the image she builds of herself. According to Discourse Analysis, it is possible to analyze the peculiar treatment of sexuality and sensuality of womanhood in the context of the funk - the way she dresses, the exposure of her body, the choreography that she performs in shows and dancehalls, her speeches and behavior - where she can either dominate her partner in the dancing performance or allow him to dominate her. In the field of the discourse, this play involves domineering /submissive subjects, revealing clashes and the apparently contradictory behavior of the woman in the funky universe

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cenografia scene funk (música) sexuality sexualidade discourse analysis erotismo funk (music) analise do discurso eroticism

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