Radikale Rhetorik

Wie Jair Bolsonaro LGBTIQ*-Personen und -Themen aus dem öffentlichen Diskurs Brasiliens auszugrenzen versucht

Authors

  • Dinah Kristin Leschzyk Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15460/apropos.5.1583

Keywords:

LGBTIQ*, Bolsonaro, Radical, Rhethoric, Discrimination

Abstract

This article analyzes the offensive rhetoric of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro. Bolsonaro regularly attacks homosexuals and trans*people, while referring to family, decency and good morals. He systematically relates sexual education – a key aspect of his enemy image – to the stigma word pedophilia. Using the Discourse-Historical Approach (DHA) according to Ruth Wodak and Martin Reisigl, which enables the analysis of language in context, this article examines congress speeches, tweets and blog posts. The focus is on discriminatory strategies of reference and predication directed against people whom Bolsonaro wants to exclude from public discourse because of their sexual orientation or gender identity.

Author Biography

Dinah Kristin Leschzyk, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen

Dinah Kristin Leschzyk studied Applied Foreign Languages and Economics (Spanish, Italian, Business Administration) in Giessen and Valencia. She completed a postgraduate programme in European Studies in Kaliningrad (Russia). She is a research assistant for Ibero-Romanic linguistics at the University of Giessen, where she also received her doctorate (title of the dissertation: ‘Political Online Communication in the Colombian Presidential Election Campaign 2010. A Critical Discourse Analysis’). She is currently conducting research on anti-queer rhetoric as well as the ‘infodemic’ circulating in the context of the Corona pandemic, which is defined by misinformation and conspiracy narratives and is characterized by a loss of trust in the media and institutions.

Collage Bolsonaro vor Regenbogenfahne (Quelle: Pixybay/waldryano/TheDigitalArtist)

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Published

2020-12-17

How to Cite

[1]
Leschzyk, D.K. 2020. Radikale Rhetorik: Wie Jair Bolsonaro LGBTIQ*-Personen und -Themen aus dem öffentlichen Diskurs Brasiliens auszugrenzen versucht. apropos [Perspektiven auf die Romania]. 5 (Dec. 2020), 106. DOI:https://doi.org/10.15460/apropos.5.1583.

Issue

No. 5 (2020): Outsider discourses: interdisciplinary perspectives on a persistingly recurring phenomenon

Section

Special issue

URN

http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:gbv:18-8-15830

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Copyright (c) 2020 Dinah Kristin Leschzyk

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