O corpo e suas pedagogias : análise das publicações de Thaís Carla e Virginia Fonseca

Abstract

This research is qualitative and is anchored in the assumptions of Gender Studies and Cultural Studies. Based on discussions on Education and Body, the general objective is to analyze the narratives about the body disseminated by Virginia Fonseca and Thaís Carla in their Instagram posts, understanding them as cultural pedagogies that question the social imaginary and guide behaviors, ways of being, existing and existing in the world. Three posts from each were updated, as well as their respective comments, in order to critically debate beauty standards and stimulate reflections that value diversity and question aesthetic ideals. To guide the research, the following question was asked: how do beauty standards, associated with characteristics such as race, social class and body weight, affect the perception and reach of digital influencers? The interpretation of the research is that Virginia Fonseca perpetuates hegemonic beauty stereotypes, which contrasts with Thais Carla, who challenges these standards, promoting body diversity, but both serve as lenses to investigate how diferente representations are targets of criticism from a sexist and patriarchal society. The results support suggestions for other relationships between the body and education.