A dissertation submitted to the School of Language, Literature and Media, Faculty of Humanities for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, March 2017 / Although the burgeoning fields of linguistic and semiotic landscapes (LL and SL) studies provide extensive coverage of urban settings around the globe, it lacks a focus on urban development and the associated phenomenons such as gentrification, with the notable exception of Lou (2016). This dissertation looks at the neighbourhood of Marshalltown, located in the inner city of Johannesburg. Marshalltown is known as the mining district because of its proximity to the original goldmines that sparked the growth of the city. The neighbourhood’s SL has radically shifted from a place of urban decay to a trendy neighbourhood since the late 1990s, after urban development efforts financed by the private sector made the area stand out from the rest of the inner city. The developers working in Marshalltown have purposefully filled it with signs indexing the mining heritage its businesses which tend to cater to the middle-to-upper-classes, thus excluding poorer residents which make up most of the inner city’s population. Against this backdrop, the dissertation aims to answer the following three research questions: 1) How is Marshalltown constructed as a space of heritage, both in its materiality and in its representation in a corpus of media texts? 2) Considering that heritage entails a selection process from a more general historic field, which sections of history are curated in Marshalltown’s SL, which are silenced, and what are the implications for the narratives displayed in the context of post-apartheid South Africa? 3) How is Marshalltown’s urban environment experienced by social actors in a context of globalized trends in urban design which rely on heritage and authenticity to market formerly ignored city centres? The data for this study consists of a corpus of 25 media articles from various outlets, 255 photographs of Marshalltown and its vicinity, ethnographic field notes written between 2012 and 2016, as well as interviews with developers, heritage architect, a deputy director of immovable heritage at the City of Johannesburg, shop owners and people who work in the area. This dissertation aims to contribute to the young field of SL studies, while bringing forth Scollon and Scollon’s (2003) methodological toolkit of geosemiotic which allows for an analysis of signs in place and how people interact with them to draw a pertinent analysis of the construction of place. Geosemiotics is coupled with specific themes for each analytical chapter which brings forth a new way of analysing a SL. Those themes are 1) the language of urban development which drawing on Markus and Cameron (2002) helps analyse the representation of city neighbourhoods; 2) heritage, which brings a temporal perspective to SL studies that I call a chronoscape; 3) authenticity, which brings a visual analysis addition to the recent debate on the topic within sociolinguistics scholarship (Coupland 2003, Bucholtz 2003 and Eckert 2003) and its focus on the discursive construction of what counts as authentic. This study argues that Marshalltown’s post-apartheid SL is carefully designed by a majority of (white) developers wanting to give the area a heritage feel, borrowing from the mining history of the city; thus anchoring a European influenced heritage within their own interpretation of what an African city should look like. The heritage feel of Marshalltown is part of a broader plan to reclaim the city, which means changing the image it acquired previously during an era of urban decay as a dangerous no-go area, into an attractive tourism-friendly urban space. Those changes are achieved by inserting development efforts into the market for authentic urban lifestyle which Marshalltown can provide thanks to its preserved history. The neighbourhood stands out from the rest of the inner city by being privately controlled and maintained thus distancing itself from the popular discourse of inner city Johannesburg and instead developers redesign it as an ideal space for consumption. / XL2018

The character of the Fool in William Shakespeare's King Lear uses hitherto unexamined gustatory imagery as a linguistic device to achieve the literary fool's function of imparting wisdom that masquerades as nonsense. While previous critics have analyzed the linguistic devices of puns, riddles, and rhymes used by medieval and Renaissance literary fools, this thesis argues not only that the Fool's gustatory imagery constitutes the dominant motif in the play, but also employs food theory to demonstrate how these image patterns provide political commentary on the dramatic action. The Fool's pattern of gustatory imagery is employed as well by characters who can be seen as variations on the wise fool. Through these characters, Shakespeare establishes a food chain motif that classifies some characters as all-consumptive, even cannibalistic, and others as their starving prey. The pattern of food imagery offers a range of perspectives, from highly critical to idealistic, on the play's meaning and political relationships. / by Sara Rafferty Sparer. / Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2009. / Includes bibliography. / Electronic reproduction. Boca Raton, Fla., 2009. Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Submitted by Filipe dos Santos (fsantos@pucsp.br) on 2018-08-15T12:22:33Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Valéria C. Aprobato.pdf: 7448032 bytes, checksum: 95a59b3b1aae952911a6429fdeb4533e (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-15T12:22:33Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Valéria C. Aprobato.pdf: 7448032 bytes, checksum: 95a59b3b1aae952911a6429fdeb4533e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-06-29 / Conselho Nacional de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico - CNPq / What are the discourses on digital social networks that circulate around the themes of the search for the perfect body and eternal youth? In the context of the numerous publications on beauty, health and good shape present in cyberspace (Leão), this thesis is based on the hypothesis that there is a complex social imaginary being built in the networks and that it is possible to map the affections, practices and the logics that compose this imaginary. The research method involved: theoretical research (reading of texts and bibliographical review of the literature); empirical research composed by: (1) analysis of speeches present in celebrity networks; (2) questionnaires and interviews with followers of selected social networks; (3) cartography. The chosen corpus consists of "Instagram" pages by Jane Fonda, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bela Gil, Bella Falconi and Kéfera. The theoretical foundation is composed by Foucault (discourses of power, biopolitics and subjectivity); Leão (network culture, mitoanalysis and cartography as a method for researching media imagery); Spinoza (affections); Flusser and Proser (cultural studies on the notions of gluttony and vanity). As results achieved, we could verify that the desire’s discourses for perfect body and eternal youth shelter three mythical matrices of collective construction of subjectivities (heroic, transgressive and transformative). Thus, we understand that the present thesis is a contribution to the studies of the media imaginaries that populate the networks’ discourses about perfect body and eternal youth and that the use of the discourse mapping method was productive for the construction of an understanding of these complex subjectivities / Quais são os discursos nas redes sociais digitais que circulam em torno dos temas da busca do corpo perfeito e da eterna juventude? No contexto das inúmeras publicações sobre beleza, saúde e boa forma presentes no ciberespaço (Leão), a presente tese de doutorado parte da hipótese de que existe imaginário social complexo sendo construído nas redes e que é possível realizar uma cartografia dos afetos, das práticas e das lógicas que compõem esse imaginário. O método de pesquisa envolveu: pesquisa teórica (leitura de textos e revisão bibliográfica da literatura); pesquisa empírica composta por: (1) análise de discursos presentes nas redes de celebridades; (2) questionários e entrevistas com seguidores das redes sociais selecionadas; (3) cartografia. O corpus escolhido é composto por páginas do Instagram de Jane Fonda, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bela Gil, Bella Falconi e Kéfera. A fundamentação teórica é composta por Foucault (discursos de poder, biopolítica e subjetividade); Leão (cultura das redes, mitoanálise e cartografia como método de pesquisa de imaginários midiáticos); Spinoza (afetos); Flusser e Proser (estudos culturais acerca das noções de gula e vaidade). Como resultados alcançados, pudemos verificar que os discursos de desejos de um corpo perfeito e eterna juventude abrigam três matrizes míticas de construção coletiva de subjetividades (heroica, transgressora e transformativa). Assim, compreendemos que a presente tese é uma contribuição para os estudos dos imaginários midiáticos que povoam os discursos sobre corpo perfeito e eterna juventude nas redes e que a utilização do método da cartografia de discursos foi produtiva para a construção de um entendimento dessas complexas subjetividades

Using a framework of feminism and poststructuralism, this thesis aims to interrogate the utilisation of the body as a contested site of struggle for meaning in contemporary theatre dance in South Africa. "Both feminism, as a politics, and dance, as a cultural practice, share a concern for the body" (Brown, 1983: 198). A feminist analysis of dance can offer a tool to interrogate the dominant discourses of gender and race that surround and permeate both the female and male body in contemporary theatre dance. The body is not a neutral site onto which cultural codes and conventions are inscribed, as the dancer's body is always marked in the physical sense of gender and race. This thesis aims to decode the body and examine how the discourses of gender and race are embodied by the moving body on stage - specifically in the South African (KwaZulu-Natal) context. By a feminist appropriation of the poststructural endeavour, this research will look at how the body, as discourse, can be interrogated to examine how the interconnected discourses of gender and race surround and permeate the moving body. The utilisation of a poststructural paradigm will aid in the examination of how the dominant discourses of gender and race are hegemonically imposed onto the body. Poststructuralism also offers an understanding that there exist counter-discourses that have the ability to resist the dominant discourses of gender and race. This notion becomes important to the study of contemporary theatre dance as an art form. This thesis will examine how South African (Durban-based) contemporary theatre dance choreographers explore the body's potential to be subversive in performance. The thesis will focus on the body's ability to interrogate the discourses that operate in its surroundings and permeate its lived reality. / Thesis (M.A.)-University of Natal, Durban, 2000.

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Abordo, nesta tese, a rotina de trabalho das catadoras e dos catadores de materiais recicláveis, buscando refletir como a noção de abjeção se expressa na vida destas pessoas. Para tanto, foi realizada uma pesquisa de campo inspirada na etnografia. Esta vivência ocorreu em uma associação de catadoras/es na região metropolitana de Curitiba, além de abarcar experiências em eventos referentes ao mundo da catação que contaram com a participação do Movimento Nacional dos Catadores de Materiais Recicláveis (MNCR). Parti de uma compreensão de que o trabalho das/os catadoras/es tem sido uma atividade plenamente vinculada à estrutura do sistema capitalista. A prática da produção e do intenso consumo gera uma volumosa quantidade de materiais descartados, condição básica para a existência do trabalho de catação na sua atual configuração. Além disso, a profissão de catadora/r tem sido exercida, de maneira geral, em condições precárias e indignas, o que permanece como uma característica de vários outros trabalhos no sistema capitalista. Os dados de campo se mostraram férteis para a reflexão sobre as relações entre as condições precárias deste trabalho e a incidência da abjeção na vida das/os catadoras/es, sobretudo pelo fato de trabalharem com o lixo. Relativizo as noções de bagunça e de sujeira – historicamente construídas – pois as percebo como componentes encharcados de uma moralidade que contribui intensamente para que as/os catadoras/es sejam classificadas/os como corpos abjetos. São analisadas, também, algumas marcas de abjeção presentes nas relações internas entre catadoras/es e outras instituições. Nesta análise, são apresentados alguns desafios de se instituir um projeto de trabalho cooperativo e guiado pela autogestão, como proposto no estatuto da associação pesquisada e os princípios do MNCR. A instalação de um artefato tecnológico na associação – uma esteira motorizada – estimulou reflexões sobre a introdução de discursos e práticas permeados pelo controle e disciplinarização das/os trabalhadoras/es. Aponta-se, ainda, que existe uma carência de um processo de formação que venha a estimular um entendimento mais claro sobre os modelos de trabalho solidário e cooperativo. Outro aspecto significativo figura-se na grande quantidade de mulheres que assumem esta profissão, existindo uma probabilidade de ser maioria. As histórias de vida narradas por várias catadoras demonstraram marcas de violências, acompanhadas pela expressão de terem se sentido “como lixo”. O estudo permitiu concluir que ser catadora/r de materiais recicláveis tem significado conviver com a realidade de existência como um corpo que causa abjeção. Reconhecer que existe uma concepção a respeito das/os catadoras/es que as/os enquadra como corpos abjetos, que opera preconceitos, discriminações, medos e violências, pode significar uma possibilidade de se rever esta percepção. / In this thesis, I depict the work routine of the recyclable material collectors, seeking the realization of how the notion of abjection is expressed in the life of these people. As such, a field research was conducted inspired in ethnography. This practice took place in an association of recyclable material collectors in the metropolitan region of Curitiba, besides incorporating experiences in events related to the world of garbage collection, with the participation of the National Movement of Recyclable Material Collectors (in Portuguese, MNCR). I assumed that the work of recyclable material collectors has been an activity that is utterly associated with the capitalist system. The exercise of production and heavy consumption generates a vast quantity of disposed material, which is the basic condition for the existence of the work related to garbage collection in its current setting. Besides, the occupation of garbage collector has been executed, generally, in precarious and inhuman conditions, as it is characteristic of many other work environments in the capitalist system. The field data reveals to be a rich source for reflection upon the relationship between these precarious working conditions, and the incidence of abjection in the lives of recyclable material collectors, mainly because they work with garbage. The notion of chaos and filth when historically built is put into perspective when I perceived them as components soaked in morality, which intensely contributes to the garbage collector to be classified as abject bodies. It is noted that some signs of abjections are present in internal relationship between the collectors and other institutions. Furthermore, some challenges are raised in this analysis, so as to work towards a collaborative project guided by self-management, as proposed by the association of recyclable material collectors’ statute, and in the principles of the National Movement of Recyclable Material Collectors. The installation of a technological artifact – a rolling conveyor system - at the association, stimulated the observations about the introduction of discourses and practices, permeated by the control and discipline of the recyclable material collectors’ work. It is also noted that there is a need of a formation process, which stimulates a clear understanding about the models of a solidary and collective labor. Another significant aspect on this research is in the great number of women who become workers in the field, with a probability to represent the majority of the recyclable material collectors in that region. The life stories, told by the female recyclable material collectors, often involve acts of violence and abuse, followed by the manifestation of feeling “like garbage”. This study allows me to conclude that, being a recyclable material collector implies to live with the reality of existing in a body that causes abjection. The fact that we realize that there is bias around the recyclable material collectors, which frames them as abject bodies, and consequently leads to prejudice and discrimination, fear and violence, may indicate that there is a possibility to change this perception.

Abordo, nesta tese, a rotina de trabalho das catadoras e dos catadores de materiais recicláveis, buscando refletir como a noção de abjeção se expressa na vida destas pessoas. Para tanto, foi realizada uma pesquisa de campo inspirada na etnografia. Esta vivência ocorreu em uma associação de catadoras/es na região metropolitana de Curitiba, além de abarcar experiências em eventos referentes ao mundo da catação que contaram com a participação do Movimento Nacional dos Catadores de Materiais Recicláveis (MNCR). Parti de uma compreensão de que o trabalho das/os catadoras/es tem sido uma atividade plenamente vinculada à estrutura do sistema capitalista. A prática da produção e do intenso consumo gera uma volumosa quantidade de materiais descartados, condição básica para a existência do trabalho de catação na sua atual configuração. Além disso, a profissão de catadora/r tem sido exercida, de maneira geral, em condições precárias e indignas, o que permanece como uma característica de vários outros trabalhos no sistema capitalista. Os dados de campo se mostraram férteis para a reflexão sobre as relações entre as condições precárias deste trabalho e a incidência da abjeção na vida das/os catadoras/es, sobretudo pelo fato de trabalharem com o lixo. Relativizo as noções de bagunça e de sujeira – historicamente construídas – pois as percebo como componentes encharcados de uma moralidade que contribui intensamente para que as/os catadoras/es sejam classificadas/os como corpos abjetos. São analisadas, também, algumas marcas de abjeção presentes nas relações internas entre catadoras/es e outras instituições. Nesta análise, são apresentados alguns desafios de se instituir um projeto de trabalho cooperativo e guiado pela autogestão, como proposto no estatuto da associação pesquisada e os princípios do MNCR. A instalação de um artefato tecnológico na associação – uma esteira motorizada – estimulou reflexões sobre a introdução de discursos e práticas permeados pelo controle e disciplinarização das/os trabalhadoras/es. Aponta-se, ainda, que existe uma carência de um processo de formação que venha a estimular um entendimento mais claro sobre os modelos de trabalho solidário e cooperativo. Outro aspecto significativo figura-se na grande quantidade de mulheres que assumem esta profissão, existindo uma probabilidade de ser maioria. As histórias de vida narradas por várias catadoras demonstraram marcas de violências, acompanhadas pela expressão de terem se sentido “como lixo”. O estudo permitiu concluir que ser catadora/r de materiais recicláveis tem significado conviver com a realidade de existência como um corpo que causa abjeção. Reconhecer que existe uma concepção a respeito das/os catadoras/es que as/os enquadra como corpos abjetos, que opera preconceitos, discriminações, medos e violências, pode significar uma possibilidade de se rever esta percepção. / In this thesis, I depict the work routine of the recyclable material collectors, seeking the realization of how the notion of abjection is expressed in the life of these people. As such, a field research was conducted inspired in ethnography. This practice took place in an association of recyclable material collectors in the metropolitan region of Curitiba, besides incorporating experiences in events related to the world of garbage collection, with the participation of the National Movement of Recyclable Material Collectors (in Portuguese, MNCR). I assumed that the work of recyclable material collectors has been an activity that is utterly associated with the capitalist system. The exercise of production and heavy consumption generates a vast quantity of disposed material, which is the basic condition for the existence of the work related to garbage collection in its current setting. Besides, the occupation of garbage collector has been executed, generally, in precarious and inhuman conditions, as it is characteristic of many other work environments in the capitalist system. The field data reveals to be a rich source for reflection upon the relationship between these precarious working conditions, and the incidence of abjection in the lives of recyclable material collectors, mainly because they work with garbage. The notion of chaos and filth when historically built is put into perspective when I perceived them as components soaked in morality, which intensely contributes to the garbage collector to be classified as abject bodies. It is noted that some signs of abjections are present in internal relationship between the collectors and other institutions. Furthermore, some challenges are raised in this analysis, so as to work towards a collaborative project guided by self-management, as proposed by the association of recyclable material collectors’ statute, and in the principles of the National Movement of Recyclable Material Collectors. The installation of a technological artifact – a rolling conveyor system - at the association, stimulated the observations about the introduction of discourses and practices, permeated by the control and discipline of the recyclable material collectors’ work. It is also noted that there is a need of a formation process, which stimulates a clear understanding about the models of a solidary and collective labor. Another significant aspect on this research is in the great number of women who become workers in the field, with a probability to represent the majority of the recyclable material collectors in that region. The life stories, told by the female recyclable material collectors, often involve acts of violence and abuse, followed by the manifestation of feeling “like garbage”. This study allows me to conclude that, being a recyclable material collector implies to live with the reality of existing in a body that causes abjection. The fact that we realize that there is bias around the recyclable material collectors, which frames them as abject bodies, and consequently leads to prejudice and discrimination, fear and violence, may indicate that there is a possibility to change this perception.

Orientador: Heloisa Andre Pontes / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Filosofia e Ciencias Humanas / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-15T05:39:46Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Farias_RitadeCassiaPereira_D.pdf: 14862274 bytes, checksum: b61bd368269386238fab9faf056d9729 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010 / Resumo: A tese analisa os usos sociais e significados simbólicos presentes no uniforme de trabalho, adotado em uma grande siderúrgica, a Usiminas, sediada em Ipatinga (MG). Esse uniforme tem a particularidade de ser um dos maiores símbolos de prestígio na região, já que todos os funcionários o vestem, independentemente do nível hierárquico ou gênero (até mesmo o presidente da companhia o usa, sob a justificativa de se igualar a todos). Entretanto, a rígida hierarquia da empresa - herdada dos japoneses - aponta para diferenças (nos cargos, salários, diplomas e exercícios de poder). Assim, para apreender a eficácia simbólica do uniforme no contexto em que foi implantado e usado, a análise articula antropologia simbólica, cultura material e história social, recuperando o percurso histórico quanto à sua adoção nas fábricas brasileiras, bem como o contexto em que a Usiminas foi implantada, possibilitando consolidar uma elite local e hierarquizar as classes. No processo de disputas simbólicas no espaço urbano, o uniforme foi útil para moldar comportamentos e "civilizar" os operários. Entretanto, o controle que ele possibilita foi transformado em símbolo de status. Dentre as estratégias que favorecem essa transubstanciação simbólica, estão as performances do presidente como "um igual" e os rituais ricamente elaborados pela empresa. Em uma perspectiva relacional de gênero, a pesquisa aponta que a siderúrgica foi concebida como locus de homens. Apesar disso, a gradual participação feminina nesse espaço e o uso de um uniforme "masculinizado" - que a princípio visava o controle da sexualidade - conferiram novas oportunidades às mulheres que chegaram a ocupar postos de comando na hierarquia da empresa. Por acompanhar a dinâmica da sociedade, o significado do uniforme mudou ao longo das gerações, envolvendo um misto de prestígio, disputas e tensões. Perpassando diversas instâncias da sociedade local, os dados evidenciam que, mais que um material inerte destinado a proteger os trabalhadores, o uniforme materializa relações de gênero e de classe, possui uma vida social essencialmente dinâmica, "impregnada" de memórias, sonhos e conquistas, além de ser marcado por perseguições, demissões, medo e dor. / Abstract: The thesis examines the social uses and symbolic meanings which are present in the working uniform adopted by a large steel company, Usiminas, located in Ipatinga (MG). This uniform has the particularity of being one of the greatest symbols of prestige in the region, since all the employees wear it, regardless of hierarchy level or gender (even the president of the company wears it, under a discourse of equality). However, the rigid hierarchy of the company - inherited from the Japanese - points to differences (in position, salary, qualifications and exercise of power). Thus, to grasp the symbolic effectiveness of uniform, in the context in which it was implanted and used, this analysis articulates symbolic anthropology, material culture and social history, restoring the historical trajectory regarding its adoption in Brazilian factories, as well as the context in which Usiminas was constructed, allowing to consolidate the local elite and to rank the classes. In the process of symbolic disputes in urban areas, the uniform was useful to shape behaviors and "civilize" the workers. However, the control that it provides has been transformed into a status symbol. Among the strategies that favor the symbolic transubstantiation, there are the president's performances as "an equal" and the rituals which are richly drawn by the company. In a relational perspective of gender, the study reveals that the steel company was conceived as a locus of men. In spite of that, the progressive female participation in this space and the adoption of a "masculinized" uniform - which at first aimed to control the sexuality - have given new opportunities to women who have come to occupy positions of leadership in the company hierarchy. Following the dynamics of the society, the meaning of the uniform has changed over the generations, involving a mix of prestige, disputes and tensions. Bypassing various levels of the local society, the data show that, rather than an inert material to protect the workers, the uniform materializes gender and class relations, has an essentially dynamic social life, "impregnated" by memories, dreams and achievements, besides being marked by harassment, layoffs, fear and pain. / Doutorado / Doutor em Antropologia Social

The availability of water and subsequent systems that developed around it played an important role throughout biblical lands and their surroundings. Water’s contribution spanned across all facets of life, times of peace and war, affecting the elite and the poor. The research focuses on the different aspects of water, both in its natural and anthropogenic distribution. The combination of archaeology, anthropology, and geography explores the following questions: What can be learnt from contemporary civilisations? What social implications did water systems have on ancient Palestine’s society? Did the extent of the impact lessen once water was secured? The multidisciplinary approach aids in understanding the effect of water availability the social structures required for the creation, use, and maintenance of the different water systems. Water was, at first, a basic need for survival in rural areas, turning into a magnificent show of power of the ruling elite of ancient Palestine. / Biblical and Ancient Studies / M.A. (Biblical Archaeology)

Submitted by SBI Biblioteca Digital (sbi.bibliotecadigital@puc-campinas.edu.br) on 2016-04-06T11:44:18Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Maria Cristina Matoso.pdf: 2151922 bytes, checksum: 1bcf5b83eba06c89f6a5096d658c6c81 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-06T11:44:18Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Maria Cristina Matoso.pdf: 2151922 bytes, checksum: 1bcf5b83eba06c89f6a5096d658c6c81 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2004-06-28 / Pontif?cia Universidade Cat?lica de Campinas ? PUC Campinas / Analysis of the symbolic dimension of the scientific journal, of what it represents to the scientific community, this dissertation emphasizes the importance of the mechanisms that attribute value to the scientific journal. It especially considers the creation of institutions whose objectives are to promote and stimulate the development of scientific and technological research, and whose policies support scientific publications. The corpus of the research is constituted by the scientific periodicals covering the area of Nutrition. The analysis focuses on their indexes, their explicit criteria for manuscripts? evaluation and selection by the scientific referees, and the composition of their Editorial Boards ? taking into account that authors may also perform the roles of editor or board member. The research results show how recent is the area of Nutrition and how the journals in such area need to reevaluate their objectives. It concludes that it?s necessary that journals adopt norms and specific patterns, besides proceeding to the selection and revision of the articles already entrenched in scientific editing, in order to have them indexed in mechanisms of the Nutrition area. Such procedures will assure that Brazilian science articles will be available at the main national and international database. / An?lise da dimens?o simb?lica da revista cient?fica, ou seja, o que ela representa para a comunidade cient?fica. Destaca-se a import?ncia dos mecanismos que atribuem valor ao peri?dico cient?fico, enfatizando-se a relev?ncia da cria??o dos ?rg?os de fomento que, al?m de promoverem e estimularem o desenvolvimento das investiga??es cient?ficas e tecnol?gicas, praticam pol?ticas de apoio ? publica??o cient?fica. Constitui o corpus desta pesquisa os peri?dicos cient?ficos da ?rea da Nutri??o, dos quais se analisar? a indexa??o, os crit?rios expl?citos de sele??o e avalia??o dos manuscritos pelos revisores cient?ficos, al?m da composi??o do Corpo Editorial considerando-se que o pesquisador-autor pode ainda desempenhar o papel de editor ou de membro do conselho editorial. Os resultados desta pesquisa indicam que a ?rea da Nutri??o ? ainda jovem e que os peri?dicos cient?ficos espec?ficos dessa ?rea precisam redimensionar os seus objetivos. ? necess?rio que adotem normas e padr?es espec?ficos, al?m de proceder ? sele??o e revis?o dos artigos j? sedimentados na editora??o cient?fica, almejando a sua indexa??o em mecanismos da ?rea. Tais procedimentos garantir?o a presen?a dos artigos da ci?ncia brasileira nas principais bases de dados nacionais e internacionais.