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A imprensa feminina atua na construção de modelos de mulher a partir de uma fala hegemonicamente normativa e pedagógica. Lançada em 2001, a revista Trip para Mulher, a TPM, caracterizada por narradoras que assumem sua presença no texto e compartilham sua intimidade, afirma constituir-se como uma ruptura aos manuais que ensinam como ser mulher e reiteram estereótipos historicamente construídos. Esta pesquisa busca confrontar esta proposta de ruptura de TPM a partir da análise dos sentidos produzidos sobre si mesmas pelas narradoras auto-referentes da revista e dos lugares de fala que elas assumem em seu discurso. Filiado à perspectiva construcionista do jornalismo, este trabalho conjuga o referencial teórico sobre o narrador, da teoria literária a autores que problematizam a narrativa jornalística, com a tradição de pesquisa sobre a imprensa feminina. O referencial metodológico congrega a proposta de análise de lugares de fala e a análise de discurso de tradição francesa. A análise revelou que as narradoras assumem quatro lugares de fala – “eu confidente”, “eu jornalista”, “eu conselheiro” e “eu valorativo” – e constroem imagens de mulher a partir de seis formações discursivas – “ser mulherzinha”, “ser fora do padrão”, “ser sábia e experiente”, “ser dona do próprio destino”, “ser solteira orgulhosa” e “ser repórter aventureira”. As conclusões indicam que, embora TPM promova certas rupturas, converte estas formas de suposta resistência em novos modos de regrar a feminilidade. / The feminine press contributes in the construction of female models from a hegemonially normative and pedagogical discourse. Released in 2001, the Brazilian magazine Trip para Mulher [Trip for Women], also called TPM (a Portuguese-language pun, since TPM in Portuguese stands for pre-menstrual syndrome, or PMS), characterized by female narrators who affirm their presence in the text and share their intimacy with the readers, states that it is a magazine which breaks with those manuals which are aimed at teaching how to be a woman and reinforcing historically built stereotypes. This paper aims at studying such intention expressed by TPM by analyzing the meanings the magazine’s self-referent female narrators express about themselves and the place of speech they take in their discourse. As based on the constructionist perspective of journalism this paper works with a theoretical reference about the narrator from Literary Theory and also from authors who analyze the narrator from a journalistic perspective, specially focusing on the feminine press. The methodological reference of this paper joins the analysis of the place of speech and the discourse analysis of French tradition. The analysis revealed that the magazine’s narrators take four different places of speech – “I as a confessor”, “I as a journalist”, “I as a counselor”, “I as an evaluator” – and they build images of women from six discourse formations – “be a lady-like woman”, “be a social outlaw”, “be the owner of her own destiny”, “be a proud single woman” e “be an adventurous reporter”. Although TPM do breaks with some rules in terms of female stereotypes, the magazine converts these forms of pretentious resistance in new ways of ruling what feminine is.

Supondo que as revistas femininas configuram-se como elementos discursivos do dispositivo de sexualidade, a presente pesquisa buscou identificar e comparar as posições de sujeito nas quais as leitoras das revistas Nova e TPM deveriam se reconhecer para ter uma experiência coerente de leitura. Ancorada no pensamento de Foucault e no conceito de modo de endereçamento de Ellsworth, busquei extrair dos textos os diferentes enunciados sobre a sexualidade, que conformariam essas posições de sujeito, tentando entender o que se configuraria hoje como uma forma “normal” de vivenciar a sexualidade, bem como as possibilidades de resistência em relação a essa proposta de normalidade. A hipótese é que, neste período histórico, a norma se deslocou do “como” ou “o que” fazer no âmbito sexual para o próprio fazer.

Engaging children in natural settings enhances learning and promotes development while utilizing protected natural areas. However, many schoolchildren, especially from economically disadvantaged areas, lack support for environmental education (EE) to develop skills and attitudes to increase rates of appropriate, resource-protective behaviors. This causes resource degradation wherever children visit protected natural areas. Improved EE should reduce the amount of resource degradation when children visit natural settings. This project proposes a model program of replicable, low–cost, widely accessible critical thinking activities and materials designed to directly address this problem. The Girl Scouts of Southern Illinois, Camp Ondessonk, and Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge were partners in this project. The objectives were to create, test, evaluate, and disseminate tools for teachers in the form of a pre–visit program with three specific engagement methods to engage children in activities that cultivate critical thinking and encourage resource–appropriate behaviors. Original activities involving a discussion–based journal, handmade wristband, and interactive games were conducted during small–group interactive workshops at Camp Cedar Point in Makanda, Illinois and Camp Ondessonk in Ozark, Illinois (n=225). Pre/post program evaluations were administered, and camper behavior on a hike was observed. It was hypothesized that campers would shift towards a more pro–environmental attitude and exhibit lower rates of depreciative behaviors after any combination of activities than the control group of campers, and that a combination of all three methods of engagement would be the most effective approach in reducing depreciative behavior and changing attitudes towards resource protection, by addressing multiple motivations. The most effective combination of activities in changing attitudes was found to be the journal and games (p<0.01), although all combinations of the program activities resulted in attitude scores that were higher than the initial score (p<0.01). There was no significant change in behavior between treatments or between the control group and treatments. Possible causes and other considerations are discussed, including recommendations for future research on the effect of adult behavior modeling, reminders, and factors such as weather, gender, and group size on the depreciative rates of children. The activities will be combined into a PDF packet for distribution to teachers by land managers and environmental educators in the area.

A imprensa feminina atua na construção de modelos de mulher a partir de uma fala hegemonicamente normativa e pedagógica. Lançada em 2001, a revista Trip para Mulher, a TPM, caracterizada por narradoras que assumem sua presença no texto e compartilham sua intimidade, afirma constituir-se como uma ruptura aos manuais que ensinam como ser mulher e reiteram estereótipos historicamente construídos. Esta pesquisa busca confrontar esta proposta de ruptura de TPM a partir da análise dos sentidos produzidos sobre si mesmas pelas narradoras auto-referentes da revista e dos lugares de fala que elas assumem em seu discurso. Filiado à perspectiva construcionista do jornalismo, este trabalho conjuga o referencial teórico sobre o narrador, da teoria literária a autores que problematizam a narrativa jornalística, com a tradição de pesquisa sobre a imprensa feminina. O referencial metodológico congrega a proposta de análise de lugares de fala e a análise de discurso de tradição francesa. A análise revelou que as narradoras assumem quatro lugares de fala – “eu confidente”, “eu jornalista”, “eu conselheiro” e “eu valorativo” – e constroem imagens de mulher a partir de seis formações discursivas – “ser mulherzinha”, “ser fora do padrão”, “ser sábia e experiente”, “ser dona do próprio destino”, “ser solteira orgulhosa” e “ser repórter aventureira”. As conclusões indicam que, embora TPM promova certas rupturas, converte estas formas de suposta resistência em novos modos de regrar a feminilidade. / The feminine press contributes in the construction of female models from a hegemonially normative and pedagogical discourse. Released in 2001, the Brazilian magazine Trip para Mulher [Trip for Women], also called TPM (a Portuguese-language pun, since TPM in Portuguese stands for pre-menstrual syndrome, or PMS), characterized by female narrators who affirm their presence in the text and share their intimacy with the readers, states that it is a magazine which breaks with those manuals which are aimed at teaching how to be a woman and reinforcing historically built stereotypes. This paper aims at studying such intention expressed by TPM by analyzing the meanings the magazine’s self-referent female narrators express about themselves and the place of speech they take in their discourse. As based on the constructionist perspective of journalism this paper works with a theoretical reference about the narrator from Literary Theory and also from authors who analyze the narrator from a journalistic perspective, specially focusing on the feminine press. The methodological reference of this paper joins the analysis of the place of speech and the discourse analysis of French tradition. The analysis revealed that the magazine’s narrators take four different places of speech – “I as a confessor”, “I as a journalist”, “I as a counselor”, “I as an evaluator” – and they build images of women from six discourse formations – “be a lady-like woman”, “be a social outlaw”, “be the owner of her own destiny”, “be a proud single woman” e “be an adventurous reporter”. Although TPM do breaks with some rules in terms of female stereotypes, the magazine converts these forms of pretentious resistance in new ways of ruling what feminine is.

Supondo que as revistas femininas configuram-se como elementos discursivos do dispositivo de sexualidade, a presente pesquisa buscou identificar e comparar as posições de sujeito nas quais as leitoras das revistas Nova e TPM deveriam se reconhecer para ter uma experiência coerente de leitura. Ancorada no pensamento de Foucault e no conceito de modo de endereçamento de Ellsworth, busquei extrair dos textos os diferentes enunciados sobre a sexualidade, que conformariam essas posições de sujeito, tentando entender o que se configuraria hoje como uma forma “normal” de vivenciar a sexualidade, bem como as possibilidades de resistência em relação a essa proposta de normalidade. A hipótese é que, neste período histórico, a norma se deslocou do “como” ou “o que” fazer no âmbito sexual para o próprio fazer.