The purpose of this study was to investigate if and how the picture book about Alfons Åberg express gender stereotypes and sexuality, through its images and texts. That is because it is one of the most borrowed books in Swedish libraries and also there fore could be a book that is especially common i Swedish preschools. The books about Alfons has also played a major role in Swedish cultural history and the Swedish history of literature, and are known as a part of the swedish heritage. Since children books are well used in Swedish preschools and because children often are left alone to read, we wondered what kind of gender norms the books of Alfons could express to the preschool children. There- fore the aim of this study is to investigate how gender norms are expressed in two of the Alfons books in the book series. The survey was conducted through qualitative picture book analysis which is inspired by former text and image analysis. The theoretical method to investigate how gender norms were expressed was gender theory. We also used discourse analysis and social constructivism as a base, which means that the norms are defined as a social construction that are under constant transformation. The results show that sex, gender and sexuality are interacting in the books of Alfons Åberg. The characters in the book expressed that sex and gender norms were expressed by separation of male and female. The separation find out to be a way to show that opposites also expect to attract each other. The conclusion was that sex, gender and heterosexuality were linked together as a normative exclusion of other sexualitys as inpossible.

The purpose of this paper is to synthesize literatures on stress, social support, symbolic interaction, and de Certeau as they pertain to the recovery of a homosexually-identified individual from a homophobic interaction. A model of the initial stressful interaction as well as the interaction between a homosexually-identified individual and his socially-supportive network is posited with the consumption of culturally-disseminated roles and the salience of role-identities as the mechanisms by which it works. The model is then considered as a form of resistance in the light of broader gay liberation social movements. The study focuses on white, middle-class, American, homosexually-identified males in order to control for variations that might occur from variables of race, class, nationality, and gender. Queer theoretical, essentialist, and postpositivist realist perspectives on identity are considered. The thesis concludes with possible future directions for an empirical study using the model outlined above.

The purpose of this grounded theory study was to develop an understanding of the role that masculinity has in identity development among self-identified Gay/Queer (GQ) collegiate men. The goal of this study was to develop a theory that explains how traditional college-age GQ men view masculinity within the context of their performance as men on a college campus. 16 college-aged GQ men attending a four-year, private liberal arts institution in the southeastern United States were the subjects in this study. The participants consisted of: two first year students, three sophomores, two juniors, eights seniors, and one individual that who had graduated from college six weeks prior to his interview. Individuals that identified as woman, or transgender students were not included in this study. Four themes were identified from the study: Creating Identity & Exploring Sexuality; Reliance of Stereotypes; Performance & Presence; and Community Expectations & Acceptance. The overarching concept that emerged from the study was that whatever qualities the participant found to be personally attracted were the same traits that he found to be the most masculine. Limitations and recommendations for the study were also provided.

Cette thèse a pour objet de confronter la psychanalyse, et particulièrement celle de Jacques Lacan, aux théories queer étatsuniennes. Il s'avère que les théoriciens queer ont un rapport ambivalent à la psychanalyse. Chez nombre d'auteurs, la psychanalyse s'avère une ressource essentielle pour déconstruire le genre, penser les homosexualités, le transgenderisme et les pratiques sexuelles. Pour cela, ils s'éloignent de la psychanalyse américaine (egopsychology) pour retrouver certains aspects subversifs de l'œuvre freudienne. D'un autre côté, certains aspects particulièrement novateurs de la lecture lacanienne de Freud sont ignorés. C'est le cas en particulier de la théorisation par Lacan des sexuations masculines et féminines. Les théoriciens queer se rangent sans le savoir du côté masculin de la sexuation, ignorant la spécificité de la jouissance féminine. Il s'avère que la lecture de la psychanalyse par nombre de théoriciens queer a une dimension utopique forte, visant à une refonte politique de la société. C'est plus généralement la dimension du réel au sens lacanien qui est méconnue et ignorée, et par là la façon singulière dont la sexualité affecte le corps d'un sujet. / This thesis aims to confront psychoanalysis and U.S queer theories. Queer theorists are ambivalent towards psychoanalysis. For many authors, psychoanalysis is very useful to deconstruct gender, think about homosexualities, transgenderism and various sexual practices. They criticize egopsychology and uncover Freud’s work subversive aspects. Besides, some Lacanian aspects of the reading of Freud which are particularly innovative are unknown, such as Lacan’s theorization of masculine and feminine sexuations. Queer theorists are siding with masculine sexuation, ignoring feminine jouissance. It is obvious that queer theorists' reading has a strong utopian dimension, aiming for a political revolution of the society. More generally, it is the dimension of the real in the Lacanian sense which is unknown and ignored, and, because of that, the singular way in which the subject's body is affected by sexuality.

[pt] Sob a influência do lesbianismo radical, do feminismo radical e do repúdio de Foucault à hipótese repressiva da sexualidade, a teoria queer se desenvolveu como uma crítica aos discursos hegemônicos acerca da identidade de gênero. Ao enfrentar os relatos de cunho médico-psiquiátrico que consideram como patológicos os diversos comportamentos não heterossexuais, a teoria queer visa a desestabilizar as noções correntes sobre gênero que o compreendem de forma essencialista. O ponto de vista queer permite uma análise da regulação jurídica do status de gays, lésbicas e transgêneros no Brasil, apontando as incoerências dessa regulação e seus efeitos mais nocivos, a desproteção dessas pessoas e o tratamento desigual perante a lei. Dois casos parecem evidenciar sobremaneira o criticismo queer: o casamento igualitário e o regime jurídico da mudança de sexo. O presente trabalho busca conjugar o pensamento de duas autoras, Eve Sedgwick e Judith Butler, precursoras da teoria queer, de modo a explicitar as incoerências no tratamento jurídico à população LGBTI brasileira. / [en] Under influence of radical lesbianism, radical feminism and Foucault s rejection to the repressive hypothesis of sexuality, the queer theory has developed as a critique to hegemonic discourses of gender identity. In facing medical-psychiatric reports considering pathological the various non-heterosexual behaviors, the queer theory seeks to destabilize current notions about gender that comprehend it on an essentialist way. The queer point of view allows an analysis on legal regulation of gay, lesbian and transgender status in Brazil, pointing out inconsistencies in this regulation and its most harmful effects that are unprotection and unequal treatment to these people before the law. Two cases seem greatly highlight the queer criticism: the same-sex marriage and the legal regime of gender reassignment. The scope of this work is to combine the thought of the authors Eve Sedgwick and Judith Butler, that are considered precursors of the queer theory, in order to explain inconsistencies in the legal treatment of LGBTI Brazilian population, especially with regard to the possibility of marriage and gender reassignment.

[pt] Em tempos de modernidade líquida e sexualidade plástica, a família se reinventou. É o divórcio e não mais a morte que separa os casais. Assim, os principais componentes para se constituir uma família passam a ser o afeto e a busca pela completude. O mesmo processo se dá com a parentalidade, fazendo com que os vínculos de parentesco não mais se definam puramente por laços sanguíneos. Diante desta realidade, a cada vez maior visibilidade no cenário social brasileiro da configuração familiar dita homoparental é inevitável. Estas famílias são o objeto de nossa pesquisa: pais que se autodenominam homossexuais, após uma relação heterossexual anterior, resolvem refazer suas vidas com companheiros do mesmo sexo. Nosso foco, contudo, não são os pais, mas os companheiros desses pais. Para tanto, selecionamos três casais homossexuais masculinos, todos do interior do estado do Rio de Janeiro, com idades variando de 19 a 31 anos, com filhos de 7 a 10 anos. Entrevistamos ambos os membros do casal, a fim de procurar melhor compreender a subjetividade do companheiro sem filhos: o que pensam esses rapazes que, de repente, vêem suas vidas transformadas e passam a conviver com crianças, filhas de seus companheiros? Quais suas expectativas e angústias? O fato de observarem a paternidade de seus namorados, faz com que eles mesmos desejem também ser pais? Como funciona a divisão de tarefas domésticas ? Este questionamento nos levou a organizar um roteiro de entrevista com perguntas semiestruturadas e, através de uma análise de discurso , chegarmos às seguintes categorias: coparentalidade, desejo por um filho biológico a partir da experiência coparental, relação do casal com as crianças e preconceito. Basicamente, foi possível constatar que todos os companheiros entrevistados manifestam forte desejo de paternidade, enfatizando sempre a importância de que esta seja de forma natural, assim como parecem se preocupar bem mais com a conduta moral do casal do que os pais das crianças. O estigma da homossexualidade é bastante sentido por eles, que afirmam ser o fato de não terem constituído uma família nos padrões heteronormativos vigentes contrastante com a realidade de seus parceiros. A teoria queer, que também fundamentou nosso trabalho, sugere, de uma postura pós-identitária que se repense a constituição de identidades cristalizadas. / [en] The liquidity of modernity and the plastic sexuality have both produced the reinvention of the family. Nowadays, it is the divorce and not death that separates the couples. Thus, the main enhancements to build up a family tend to be affection and the search for completude. The same process is familiar with parenting and that s why family ties are no longer defined by blood knots alone. Therefore, the inevitable visibility within social Brazilian scenario of the gay parenting family structure is easy to be seen. These families are the object of our research: parents who call themselves homosexuals, who experienced a previous heterosexual relationship, make up their minds to start their lives from scratch with same sex companions. Nevertheless, our focus will not remain on parents, but the companions of these parents. So as to reach our aim we have selected three homosexual male couples, all of the interior of the state of the Rio de Janeiro, ranging from 19 to 31 years of age with children from 7 to 10 years old. We interviewed both members of the couple, in order to try to better understand the subjectivity of the companion without children: what do these men think, since they have had their lives suddenly transformed and start coexisting with their companions children? What are their main expectations and anguishes? Should the fact of observing their boyfriends parenthood bursts out the parenthood desire? Who is eligible for which home chores?This questioning led us to organize semi-structured interview questions and through an analysis of speech, reach the following categories: coparenting, desire for a biological son from the coparental experience, relation of the couple with the children and prejudice. The homosexuality stigma seems to crush hard on them and they state that this is due to the fact of not having constituted a family in the heterssexual standards, contrasting with the reality of his partners. The queer theory, that has also helped us in our research, suggests that cristalized identities should be re-evaluated, if you see them from a post-idenity point of view.

A violência homofóbica tem ganhado destaque na produção acadêmica mundial, principalmente, por evidenciar um número crescente de adolescentes e jovens vitimizados, bem como os impactos gerados em sua saúde. Ao partir do pressuposto de que a rede e o apoio social são capazes de fortalecer os fatores de proteção que garantem os direitos de adolescentes e jovens; bem como responder melhor à complexidade das demandas trazidas pela violência; este estudo teve por objetivo compreender as experiências de violências vivenciadas por adolescentes e jovens homossexuais e a rede de apoio social, sob a perspectiva analítica Queer. Estudo qualitativo, realizado no município de Ribeirão Preto, Estado de São Paulo. O grupo de participantes foi composto por 12 adolescentes e jovens, com idades entre 14 e 24 anos, cujo interesse erótico e/ou práticas se volta para outros do mesmo sexo. A coleta de dados foi realizada por meio de entrevista semiestruturada e da construção de Mapas de Redes. Os dados foram analisados de acordo com os pressupostos do método de interpretação de sentidos e embasados nos conceitos abarcados pela Teoria Queer. A partir da análise dos dados foram identificados quatro núcleos de sentido: 1. Experiência de violências sofridas: \"O homossexual que aparenta ser homossexual, vai carregar o fardo do preconceito, da discriminação até a morte\"; 2. Experiências de saída do \"armário\": \"Ele disse que eu era louco, disse que eu não estava são, que eu não estava com muita certeza\"; 3. Masculinidades e Feminilidades: \"Os meninos sofrem muito mais, por ter que mostrar a virilidade, tem que exalar masculinidade\" e 4. Rede e Apoio Social: \"A maior fonte de apoio são os amigos que são homossexuais, porque a gente se identifica por passar por problemas parecidos\". Os resultados revelam que há a perpetuação de uma cultura heteronormativa e violenta, que sanciona punições aos dissidentes da norma heterossexual, e que os adolescentes e jovens que não seguem a linearidade entre sexo, gênero, desejo e práticas sexuais, quanto mais a quebram, mais serão subalternizados, sendo submetidos aos diversos tipos de violência, em espaços públicos e privados. Essas situações são reforçadas pela falta de acesso aos serviços e instituições de apoio. São as pessoas (figuras femininas, amigos e profissionais distintos), que são reconhecidos como as principais fontes de apoio social para os participantes. Os serviços de saúde, apesar de terem sido acionados por alguns participantes, não foram suficientes para o enfrentamento à violência e para a promoção da saúde. Conclui-se que houve precariedade no acesso à rede social e na efetivação do seu apoio, pois, sua composição e articulação não foi eficiente no enfrentamento da violência sofrida. Diante disso, pontuou-se a necessidade dos profissionais que irão lidar com esta população, sobretudo professores, equipes de saúde e da assistência social, estarem preparados para o acolhimento, atendimento, orientações às famílias, fortalecimento dos vínculos familiares e encaminhamento de casos de violência, favorecendo a desconstrução das posturas heteronormativas e homofóbicas em busca da efetivação dos direitos dos adolescentes e jovens homossexuais / Homophobic violence has gained prominence in the academic production world, mainly by highlighting a growing number of adolescents and young people victimized at times, as well as the impacts generated in their health. When assuming that the network and social support are able to strengthen the protective factors that guarantee the rights of adolescents and young people; as well as responding better to the complexity of the demands brought about by violence; this study aimed to understand the situations of violence experienced by adolescents and young homosexuals and their social support network, in the Queer analytical perspective. Qualitative study, carried out in the city of Ribeirão Preto, State of São Paulo in Brazil. The Group of participants consisted of 12 teenagers and youths, aged between 14 and 24 years old, whose erotic interests and/or practices involve others of the same sex. The data was collected through a semi-structured interview and the construction of Network Maps. Data was analyzed according to the assumptions of the method of interpretation and directions based on the concepts covered by the Queer Theory. From the analysis of the data four sense cores were identified: 1. experience of violence suffered: \"homosexual who appears to be homosexual, will carry the burden of prejudice, discrimination to death\"; 2. Experiences of coming out of the \"closet\": \"he said I was crazy, said I was not sane, that I wasn\'t very sure\"; 3. Masculinities and Femininities: \"the boys suffer more, you had to show your manhood, have to exhale masculinity\" and 4. Network and Social support: \"the greatest source of support are the friends who are homosexuals, because we identified with each other since we are going through similar problems\". The results show that there is the perpetuation of a hetero-normative and violent culture, that sanctions the punishment of dissidents of heterosexual norm, and adolescents and young people who do not follow the linearity between sex, gender, desire and sexual practices, the more they break it, the more they will be subalternized, being subjected to various types of violence in private and public spaces. These situations are enhanced by the lack of access to services and support institutions. They are people (female figures, friends and distinguished professionals), which are recognized as the main sources of social support to the participants. Health services, despite having been activated by some participants, were not sufficient to deal with the violence and with the promotion of health. It is concluded that there was uncertainty in the social network access and execution of their support, because, their composition and articulation was not efficient in combating the violence suffered. Given this, the need of professionals who will deal with this population, especially teachers, health teams and social assistance were pointed out, being prepared for the reception, care, guidance to families, strengthening of family links and referral of cases of violence, favoring the deconstruction of the hetero-normative and homophobic stances in pursuit of the implementation of the rights of adolescents and young homossexuals

Os embates em torno das opressões de gênero e as questões relativas à dignidade humana de lésbicas, gays, bissexuais, travestis e [homens e mulheres] transexuais (LGBT) têm redefinido os comportamentos e os diálogos sociais no contemporâneo. Nas últimas décadas, narrativas jornalísticas captam com maior intensidade o caráter humano, público e político das questões de diversidade sexual e de gênero. Todavia, é perceptível a dificuldade que jornalistas encontram para tecer relações com pessoas LGBT em virtude do aparato cultural de gênero que carregam, mas não só. Nesse contexto é que esta dissertação ensaia uma compreensão em torno do papel do jornalista (o mediador social) em tecer caminhos de compreensão, de solidariedade e de reconhecimento para com o Outro, em especial com a população LGBT. Desenvolve-se uma análise cultural da narrativa de três livros-reportagem escritos por jornalistas brasileiras: O Nascimento de Joicy, de Fabiana Moraes; Muito Prazer - Vozes da Diversidade, de Karla Lima e Entre a Cruz e o Arco-íris, de Marília de Camargo César. No eixo teórico-metodológico, inclui-se um diálogo com autoras e autores de gênero e sexualidade, principalmente com as ideias da Teoria Queer. Atravessa-se ainda contribuições da complexidade, da sensibilidade e do afeto em Cremilda Medina e outras pensadoras e pensadores da Comunicação. Por fim, ouve-se as jornalistas-autoras e elabora-se noções de alteridade, que podem vir a ser um caminho possível de encantamento, de descoberta, de curiosidade e, acima de tudo, de respeito com o Outro. / Conflicts around gender oppression and the human dignity of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people (LGBT) have redefined contemporary behavior and social dialogue. In the last decades, journalistic narratives capture with greater intensity the human, public and political character of issues of sexual and gender diversity. However, the difficulty that journalists encounter in working out relationships with LGBT people because of the cultural construction of gender they have is remarkable, but not only that. It is in this context that this dissertation rehearses a knowledge about the role of the journalist (the social mediator) in creating paths of understanding, solidarity and recognition for others, especially, with the LGBT community. It was developed a cultural analysis of the narrative of three book reports written by brazilian women: O Nascimento de Joicy, by Fabiana Moraes; Muito Prazer - Vozes da Diversidade, by Karla Lima and Entre a Cruz e o Arco-íris, by Marília de Camargo César. The theoretical and methodological course includes a dialogue with thinkers of gender and sexuality studies, mostly with the ideas of the Queer Theory. There are also contributions of complexity, sensitivity and affection in Cremilda Medina and other communication theorists. Finally, the author-journalists are heard, and notions of alterity are made, which can be a possible path of enchantment, discovery, curiosity and, above all, respect for the Other.

This thesis investigates conceptual networks —systems of organising, understanding and explaining thought and knowledge— and the ways in which they underlie both text and its mise en page across a range of thirteenth- and fourteenth-century French and Catalan literary texts and their manuscript witnesses. Each of the three chapters explores a separate corpus of texts, using two of four interrelated network theories: Michel Serres’ notion of parasites and hosts as the basic interconnecting units that combine to constitute all relational networks; the ubiquitous organizational tree; Gilles Deleuze’s concept of the fold as the primary factor in producing differentiation and identity; and Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari’s unruly, anti-hierarchical and anti-arborescent rhizomatic systems. The first chapter engages primarily with parasites and trees; the second with trees and folds; and the third with folds and rhizomes. However, resonances with the other network theories are discussed as they occur, in order to demonstrate the fundamentally interconnected and often interchangeable nature of these systems. Each chapter includes close analysis of manuscript witnesses of the texts under discussion. The first chapter, ‘Saints Denis and Fanuel: Parasitism and Arborescence on the Manuscript Page’, examines parasitic and arboreal networks in two hagiographic texts: late thirteenth- and early fourteenth-century prose redactions of the Vie de Saint Denis, and the thirteenth‐century hagiographic romance Li Romanz de Saint Fanuel. The second chapter, ‘Ramon Llull’s Folding Forests: The World, the Tree and the Book’, addresses arborescent and folding structures in Llull’s encyclopaedic Arbre de ciència [Tree of Science], composed between 1295 and 1296. The third chapter, ‘Transgender Genealogy: Turning, Folding and Crossing Gender’, considers three characters in medieval French texts who can be read as transgender: Saint Fanuel; the King of Torelore in Aucassin et Nicolette; and Blanchandin/e in Tristan de Nanteuil. The chapter explores the ways in which these characters’ queer trajectories can be understood through conceptions of directionality which relate to the fold and the rhizome.

Submitted by William Justo Figueiro (williamjf) on 2015-07-16T21:09:20Z No. of bitstreams: 1 23c.pdf: 1948564 bytes, checksum: d7ade9fcb333b6c983c41b5dc28e0b5f (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2015-07-16T21:09:20Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 23c.pdf: 1948564 bytes, checksum: d7ade9fcb333b6c983c41b5dc28e0b5f (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-04-09 / Nenhuma / O presente trabalho consiste em uma análise das performances desempenhadas pela personagem Katylene Beezmarcky no blog homônimo e no Twitter. Assim, o estudo aborda as novas tecnologias como dispositivos que reconfiguram as performances de gênero na contemporaneidade. Além disso, pensam-se as tecnologias da comunicação como formas de mobilizar traços culturais de diferentes grupos como uma estratégia de construção de uma narrativa de si no ciberespaço. O objetivo do trabalho é observar os usos de diferentes plataformas comunicacionais (blog e Twitter) pelo blogueiro Daniel Carvalho para a criação da personagem travesti, contextualizando a popularização da personagem em um contexto contraditório de grande homofobia característico do Brasil. A pesquisa busca articular as noções de performatividade de gêneros e matriz de normas heterossexistas, referentes à teoria queer, com os estudos sobre tecnologias digitais e comunicação mediada por computador, da cibercultura. No desenvolvimento da pesquisa, primeiramente, discutem-se as noções socioculturais em relação aos sexos, as sexualidades e os gêneros, então, considera-se três momentos fundamentais dos estudos culturais de gênero: aqueles que procuravam explicar a submissão da mulher, aqueles que relativizam as noções até então construídas e a teoria queer. Assim, ao adotar a perspectiva queer, desconstrói-se a noção essencialista de sexo e gênero, para explicar a performatividade dos mesmos e como esta irá instaurar uma matriz heteronormativa. Em um segundo momento, faz-se considerações sobre a cibercultura e suas implicações na construção de identidades na contemporaneidade. Para, então, aproximar-se do objeto de estudo de maneira baseada na Teoria Fundamentada. Assim, identificaram-se as estratégias e usos das plataformas online enquanto performances de gênero e a mobilização de traços identitários na construção de uma narrativa da personagem estudada. Percebeu-se que a personagem tem uma relação íntima com os espaços propiciados pela internet, usando muito dos materiais disponíveis online. Além disso, ela se configura enquanto uma personagem do universo trans, mas não da mesma forma, Katylene extrapola se tornando algo como o estereótipo da travesti. / This study is an analysis of the performances carried out by character Katylene Beezmarcky on the eponymous blog and on Twitter. Thus, the study approaches the new technologies as devices that reconfigure the gender performances in contemporaneity. Also, think up communication technologies as ways of mobilizing cultural traits of different groups as a strategy to build a narrative of self in cyberspace. The objective is to observe the uses of different communication platforms (blog and Twitter) by blogger Daniel Carvalho for creating the transvestite character, contextualizing the popularization of character in a contradictory context of great homophobia characteristic of Brazil. The research seeks to articulate notions of gender performativity and matrix heterosexist norms, referring to queer theory, with studies on digital technologies and computer-mediated communication, cyberculture. In developing of the survey, firstly, discusses the socio-cultural notions with regard to genders, sexualities and sexes, then it is considered three key moments of cultural studies of gender: those who sought to explain the submission of women, those who relativize notions hitherto constructed and queer theory. Thus, by adopting a queer perspective, deconstructs the essentialist notion of gender and explain the gender performativity and how this will bring an heteronormative matrix. In a second step, some considerations are made about cyberculture and its implications in the construction of identities in contemporary times. To then approach the object of study so based on Grounded Theory. Thus, identified strategies and uses of online platforms as gender performances and mobilization of identity traits in the construction of a narrative of the studied character. It is perceived that the character has a close relationship with the spaces propitiated by the internet, using much of the material available online. Furthermore, it sets itself up as a trans character of the universe, but not in the same way, Katylene extrapolates becoming something like the stereotype of transvestite.