Emancipation and protagonism through a semiotic look: racism, anti-racism and the denial of rights to black youth in Brazil

This article analyzes phenomena related to Emancipation, Social Protagonism, and the Racism and Anti-Racism agendas in contemporary Brazilian society, seen from a semiotic perspective and with a special focus on the study of Youth. In agreement with Almeida (2021), we believe that racism is not only...

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Autor: Leite, Daniel Carmona
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:Brasil
Recursos:Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
Repositorio:Estudos Semióticos
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:revistas.usp.br:article/218948
Acesso em linha:https://revistas.usp.br/esse/article/view/218948
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Narrative semiotics
Youth
Racism
Interaction
Protagonism
Semiótica narrativa
Juventude
Racismo
Interação
Protagonismo
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Resumo:This article analyzes phenomena related to Emancipation, Social Protagonism, and the Racism and Anti-Racism agendas in contemporary Brazilian society, seen from a semiotic perspective and with a special focus on the study of Youth. In agreement with Almeida (2021), we believe that racism is not only expressed through individual actions, but is the result of a complex network of economic, political, and social influences and mechanisms. We approach works by contemporary thinkers who have gained increasing prominence and prestige in public debate and we observe the harsh phenomenon of violence against black youth in Brazil. Our approach experiments with the operationality of concepts from contemporary Semiotics Theory, with regard to the analysis of the manifestations of racism proposed by the authors which we work with. The findings point to a possibility of applying concepts coming from Sociossemiotics of Landowski's (2014) theory of interaction regimes to work on the issues observed.