From CHANS TO SUZANO

A DISCURSIVE ANALYSIS ON GENDER, POWER AND IDENTITY

Abstract

This text analyzes extremist webspaces, focusing on the case of the Suzano massacre, whose perpetrators frequented the "Dogolachan" forum. The analysis is based on the French theory of Discourse Analysis (DA), which considers the social subject, historical meanings, and discourse as a manifestation of the dominant social body. Using concepts from Althusser and Foucault, the paper discusses power relations in society as an interdependence between infrastructure and superstructure, as well as the historical and ideological constitution of the subject. The discussion expands to understand how discourses of gender and power shape identities and subjectivities, highlighting the historical impact of oppressive relations, as discussed by Engels and Foucault, by relating discursive practices to the constitution of subjects' subjectivity and identity.