The Gay ORKUT communities: meetings, confrontations and (re)constructions of identities

Authors

  • Andréa Pereira dos Santos Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG)
  • Suely Henrique de Aquino Gomes Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/c&i.v14i2.22447

Keywords:

Homoaffectivity. Queer theory. Cyberspace. On line communities.

Abstract

The present world is symbolic and ephemeral. It is called Post-Modern by the majority of theoretical studies in this search. This study reflect how these concepts are present in the life of the individual users from on line communities, especially the gay person. The aims goals are identify the constructed identities gays in on line communities hosted on ORKUT by speech analysis. Finally it is concluded that gays were different identities, So, identities are also in constant transformation. However, the gays speeches in many cases negative, are reflections of the suffering caused by the society prejudice present today. The gay prejudice is over only when the society deconstruction this prejudice through education.

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Author Biographies

Andréa Pereira dos Santos, Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG)

Professora Assistente do Curso de Biblioteconomia da Faculdade de Comunicação e Biblioteconomia (FACOMB) da UFG e Bibliotecária do Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de Goiás (IFG).

Suely Henrique de Aquino Gomes, Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG)

Professora Adjunta do Curso de Biblioteconomia da Universidade Federal de Goiás e docente do Programa de Pesquisa e Pós-Graduação em Comunicação.

Published

2013-02-07

How to Cite

SANTOS, A. P. dos; GOMES, S. H. de A. The Gay ORKUT communities: meetings, confrontations and (re)constructions of identities. Comunicação & Informação, Goiânia, Goiás, v. 14, n. 2, p. 96–119, 2013. DOI: 10.5216/c&i.v14i2.22447. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/ci/article/view/22447. Acesso em: 21 nov. 2024.

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