Combining core concepts of sociology and Freudian psychoanalysis with the corpus linguistics methodology, this paper follows in the wake of previous quantitative queer studies on the social production and regulation of sexuality and gender (Baker, 2004, 2005, 2014, 2018; King, 2015; Milani, 2013), in order to explore the role of language in the construction of the erotic imaginary of a Spanish-speaking gay community on the Web. Using Sketch Engine, the keywords of a corpus of amateur gay and lesbian erotica were analyzed to shed light on the symbolic representations and discursive mechanisms that guide the co-construction of homo-sexual erotic desire on the Web. Adding significant nuances relevant for the Hispanic culture, the results of the analysis confirm the thesis maintained by Baker (2005), according to which internet homosexual communities continue to reproduce and perpetuate ancestral heteronor-mative archetypes in their narratives of highly idealized sexual encounters.
(2021). “La princesa guerrera enarcó una ceja, mientras el macarra bamboleaba sus atributos bajo el pantalón”. La co-construcción narrativa del homoerotismo en internet. [journal article - articolo]. In QUADERNS DE FILOLOGIA. ESTUDIS LINGÜÍSTICS. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10446/199988
“La princesa guerrera enarcó una ceja, mientras el macarra bamboleaba sus atributos bajo el pantalón”. La co-construcción narrativa del homoerotismo en internet.
Garofalo, Giovanni
2021-01-01
Abstract
Combining core concepts of sociology and Freudian psychoanalysis with the corpus linguistics methodology, this paper follows in the wake of previous quantitative queer studies on the social production and regulation of sexuality and gender (Baker, 2004, 2005, 2014, 2018; King, 2015; Milani, 2013), in order to explore the role of language in the construction of the erotic imaginary of a Spanish-speaking gay community on the Web. Using Sketch Engine, the keywords of a corpus of amateur gay and lesbian erotica were analyzed to shed light on the symbolic representations and discursive mechanisms that guide the co-construction of homo-sexual erotic desire on the Web. Adding significant nuances relevant for the Hispanic culture, the results of the analysis confirm the thesis maintained by Baker (2005), according to which internet homosexual communities continue to reproduce and perpetuate ancestral heteronor-mative archetypes in their narratives of highly idealized sexual encounters.File | Dimensione del file | Formato | |
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