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Femininity on the Brazilian Princess School Website – Analysis of Gender Discourse as Ideology

Abstract

The Brazilian Princess School is an institution that promotes activities only for girls, and is focused on their personal, social and moral development. The objective of this study was to understand the effects of meanings about femininity promoted on the Princess School website. Some discursive sequences analyzed using Michel Pêcheux’s discourse analysis highlighted discursive regularities that emphasize a traditionalist and conservative morality for girls and reaffirm their compassion, submission, and an inequality between genders.

Gender; Sexuality; Women; Sexism; Ideology

Núcleo de Estudos de Gênero - Pagu Universidade Estadual de Campinas, PAGU Cidade Universitária "Zeferino Vaz", Rua Cora Coralina, 100, 13083-896, Campinas - São Paulo - Brasil, Tel.: (55 19) 3521 7873, (55 19) 3521 1704 - Campinas - SP - Brazil
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