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.
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2021
Compaginando algunos conceptos medulares de la sociología y del psicoanálisis freudiano con la metodología de la lingüística de corpus, el presente trabajo se inscribe en la senda de los estudios queer de enfoque cuantitativo (Baker, 2004, 2005, 2014, 2018; King, 2015; Milani, 2013) sobre la producción y la regulación social de la sexualidad y del género, para explorar el papel del lenguaje en la construcción del imaginario erótico de una comunidad gay hispanohablante en internet. Con la ayuda de Sketch Engine, se analizan las palabras clave de un corpus de relatos eróticos amateur, gais y lesbianos, para arrojar luz sobre las representaciones simbólicas y los mecanismos discursivos que guían la co-construcción del deseo erótico ho-mosexual, masculino y femenino, en internet. Añadiendo matices significativos para el ámbito cultural hispano, los resultados del análisis confirman la tesis mantenida por Baker (2005), según la cual, al narrar encuentros sexuales fuertemente idealizados, la comunidad homosexual sigue reproduciendo y perpetuando arquetipos ancestrales heteronormativos.
Garofalo, Giovanni
(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
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