"Não abro mão do privilégio de ser homem." Análise dos dispositivos de controle e vigilância sobre a homossexualidade em Campina Grande (PB)

Abstract

Discussions on homosexuality gained visibility in the contemporary world. They are scripted on television shows, soap operas, series and movies. Homosexuality is the subject of debates in schools, churches, families cores and in legislative courthouses all over the country. In the field ofknowledge it became target of analysis, observations and explanations with a growing number of academic productions on the subject. This visibility on the one hand seems to demonstrate that the acceptability of homosexual relations in society is increasing; on the other hand it seems to have triggered counter-offensive reactions which generates violence and enable a opressive and excluding hate speech that limits rights. In this context the present study analyzes how homosexuals from Campina Grande-PB understand, in these days, the surveillance mechanisms of gender and sexuality control that affect their bodies and experiences, based on pedagogical, discursive and narrative structures present on the social and cultural level of society. To achieve this goal it analyzes speeches obtained through semi - structured interviews with individuals chosen from a sociability group of men over 40 years old who identify themselves as gay men. To analyzing discursive practices it seeks to draw inspiration from cultural studies on identity and differences, such as in gender studies as an analytical category which is crossed by questions of alterity and power based relationships.