Um povo apesar da diversidade. Representações de mulheres disfarçadas da Carnaval da Jamaica em Facebook

Autores

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14482/memor.32.10257

Palavras-chave:

Kai Barratt, Jamaica, carnaval, mascaras femininas, Facebook, fotografias

Resumo

Como muitos carnavais do estilo caribenho, o desfile de carnaval jamaicano é dominado por mulheres e suas representações na mídia são controladas pelos fotógrafos que determinam como são apresentados em plataformas de redes sociais como o Facebook. Usando um quadro sobre representação e poder na mídia, o artigo postula que os fotógrafos defendem idéias hegemônicas sobre os corpos das mulheres quando eles decidem quem aparece em seus álbuns de fotos no Facebook. Uma análise de conteúdo examinou as imagens do desfile de carnaval de 2015 de três álbuns do Facebook e descobriu que os fotógrafos preferiam as mulheres magras, de pele clara, equipadas com os trajes skimpiest e envolvidas em uma pose permanente. Essas descobertas contradizem o lema nacional da Jamaica "Out of Many, One People" que promove a idéia de uma sociedade abrangente, mas ignora as estratificações sociais que estão enraizadas na antiga sociedade de plantação. Essas divisões, ao longo das linhas de etnia e classe, são traduzidas para os espaços de desempenho onde o carnaval, uma importação cultural, está posicionado contra o dancehall, que é o principal produto cultural da Jamaica.

Biografia do Autor

Kai Barratt, University of Technology, Jamaica

Lecturer in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Technology, Jamaica. She completed her PhD in Cultural Studies at the Institute of Caribbean Studies at The University of the West Indies, Mona campus in Jamaica. Her thesis, "Redefining the Jamette in Trinidadian Soca Music" examined the performance of sexual autonomy by Trinidadian female soca artistes. Her research centers on female soca artistes and the export of the Trinidad-style carnival to other sites. Some of her work has been published in a chapter titled, "Locating the Indo-Trinidadian Woman in Trinidadian Soca Music" in the book, Indian Diaspora in the Caribbean (2009). The articles, Ah want ah Roily Polly? Female Soca Artistes and the Carnival Body and No Lie; no mamaguy: An Examination of Machel Montano's Representation of Women have been published in journals. Kai is a social media enthusiast and has her own blog.

Email: kai.a.barratt@gmail.com 

Orcid: Orcid.org/0000-0003-2977-933X 

 

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Publicado

2017-08-31

Edição

n. 32 (2017)

Seção

Dossier de Carnaval

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