The constitution of the human rights activist individual in virtual comments about the death of Brazilian politician and activist Marielle Franco
The death of Marielle Franco, Rio de Janeiro councilwoman and human rights activist, triggered discourse clashes on the web. On the one hand, her allies clamored for justice. On the other hand, critics mocked her and spread fake news that muffled the fact that she was brutally murdered. This article...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2020 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (UFU) |
| Repositorio: | Letras & letras (Online) |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.www.seer.ufu.br:article/51378 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://seer.ufu.br/index.php/letraseletras/article/view/51378 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Human rights Foucauldian discourse analysis Marielle Franco Subjectification processes Direitos humanos Estudos discursivos foucaultianos Processos de subjetivação |
| Sumario: | The death of Marielle Franco, Rio de Janeiro councilwoman and human rights activist, triggered discourse clashes on the web. On the one hand, her allies clamored for justice. On the other hand, critics mocked her and spread fake news that muffled the fact that she was brutally murdered. This article is the result of reflections at the master's and doctoral level in the Circle of Discussions on Discourse Analysis. Drawing on Foucauldian discourse analysis, it analyzes the constitution of the human rights activist individual taking into account Marielle Franco’s death as a discursive event. To this end, we archeogenealogically analyze the comments on the note of regret by the left-wing party PSOL Carioca that was shared on her official Facebook account when her death became public. At least two discursive regularities show in the comments, each with opposite stances towards the role of the human rights activist, as the dividing practices subjectify the activist as either a “protector of criminals” or a “warrior”. |
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