Irony as a Zone of Confrontation between Different Voices/Voicings in Facebook Comments

In this paper, we propose to analyze if, and how, irony serves as a zone of dialogue and tension among different voices/voicings presented as discourses of feminist resistance. To this end, our concept of language is based on discussions developed by the Bakhtin Circle on irony as a discursive strategy as well as considerations about what is known as the rape culture and myths related to it. Our corpus is comprised of anonymous, ironic comments made by women on Facebook posts, on spotted¹ 1 Pages that customarily have anonymous posts. pages. The results of the data analysis show that, through the appropriation of the discursive-myths related to the culture of rape, women introduced, in their utterances, zones of tension between messages, characterizing irony as women's discourse of resistance against sexist discourse.

KEYWORDS:
Irony; Sexist discursive-myths; Irony-feminist resistance

Authorship

André Cordeiro dos Santos

Instituto Federal de Alagoas - Campus Piranhas / Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Faculdade de Letras, Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil; CAPES, Proc.1619951; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8760-192X; rdnao@hotmail.comInstituto Federal de Alagoas - Campus Piranhas / Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Faculdade de Letras, Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil; CAPES, Proc.1619951; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8760-192X; rdnao@hotmail.comInstituto Federal de Alagoas - Campus Piranhas / Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Faculdade de Letras, Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil; CAPES, Proc.1619951; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8760-192X; rdnao@hotmail.com

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8760-192X

Girllaynne Gleyca Bezerra dos Santos Marques

Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Centro de Artes e Comunicação, Departamento de Letras, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6159-9606; girllaynne.marques@gmail.comUniversidade Federal de Pernambuco, Centro de Artes e Comunicação, Departamento de Letras, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6159-9606; girllaynne.marques@gmail.comUniversidade Federal de Pernambuco, Centro de Artes e Comunicação, Departamento de Letras, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6159-9606; girllaynne.marques@gmail.com

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6159-9606

Siane Gois Cavalcanti Rodrigues

Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Centro de Artes e Comunicação, Departamento de Letras, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5263-2670; sianegois@yahoo.com.brUniversidade Federal de Pernambuco, Centro de Artes e Comunicação, Departamento de Letras, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5263-2670; sianegois@yahoo.com.brUniversidade Federal de Pernambuco, Centro de Artes e Comunicação, Departamento de Letras, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5263-2670; sianegois@yahoo.com.br

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5263-2670

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Facebook⁷⁰ 70 To help comprehend the meanings of the post, the abbreviations are explained. In Portuguese: VSF stands for 'go fuck yourself'; PQP means 'for fuck's sake'; FDP means 'son of a bitch'; TNC means 'obviously'; VLWS is an abbreviation for 'thanks everyone'; and FLWS is an abbreviation for 'see ya.' publication⁷¹ 71 Our translation into English: "I would like to send a VSF, to all the 'COCK-LOVERS' of UFMG. PQP, we are peeing in the urinal and out of nowhere an FDP shows up to pee right next to you, when there are several other free urinals??? TNC. Bathroom rules are clear: 'YOU GET THERE TO PEE IN THE URINAL AND THERE'S ALREADY A GUY PEEING?? DO NOT PEE NEXT TO HIM!! YOU WAIT FOR THE GUY TO FINSH OR USE THE URINALS THAT ARE FURTHEST FROM HIM!!!' Is that so hard to understand????? VLWS, FLWS!!!"

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Comment 1⁷⁶ 76 Our translation into English: "If you had been in your house opening a jar of hearts of palm, or painting a wall, this wouldn't have happened."

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Comment 2⁷⁹ 79 Our translation into English: "This world is really boring. A guy can't even sneak a peek and you start bitching. It's instinct, c'mon. If you don't want to be checked out, don't walk around exposing yourself. You wanted to be stared at; otherwise, you would have peed in the stall. Man slut, you were asking for it."

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Comment 3⁸² 82 Our translation into English: "Are you sure he looked? Maybe you imagined all this. Making such a scene over something so little as this...no, no, no...have you had a chance to stop and think that this guy YOU CLAIM TO HAVE LOOKED at your cock could have a family, a job? Do you really want to do this to him??? Think about the guy's chicks...you are going to destroy his reputation, just like that??? You're obviously clueless - taking your cock out in a public bathroom alone. Why do you have to pee????"

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Comment 4⁸⁴ 84 Our translation into English: "A man who doesn't have self-respect has to go through this to see if he learns some manners and not expose his body around!"

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Comment 5⁸⁷ 87 Our translation into English: "[He] was probably wearing some slutty clothes, something really vulgar and flashy. If he was an upright man, he wouldn't call the attention of these kind of people. He was asking for it."

Figure 1 Facebook⁷⁰ 70 To help comprehend the meanings of the post, the abbreviations are explained. In Portuguese: VSF stands for 'go fuck yourself'; PQP means 'for fuck's sake'; FDP means 'son of a bitch'; TNC means 'obviously'; VLWS is an abbreviation for 'thanks everyone'; and FLWS is an abbreviation for 'see ya.' publication⁷¹ 71 Our translation into English: "I would like to send a VSF, to all the 'COCK-LOVERS' of UFMG. PQP, we are peeing in the urinal and out of nowhere an FDP shows up to pee right next to you, when there are several other free urinals??? TNC. Bathroom rules are clear: 'YOU GET THERE TO PEE IN THE URINAL AND THERE'S ALREADY A GUY PEEING?? DO NOT PEE NEXT TO HIM!! YOU WAIT FOR THE GUY TO FINSH OR USE THE URINALS THAT ARE FURTHEST FROM HIM!!!' Is that so hard to understand????? VLWS, FLWS!!!"

Figure 2 Comment 1⁷⁶ 76 Our translation into English: "If you had been in your house opening a jar of hearts of palm, or painting a wall, this wouldn't have happened."

Figure 3 Comment 2⁷⁹ 79 Our translation into English: "This world is really boring. A guy can't even sneak a peek and you start bitching. It's instinct, c'mon. If you don't want to be checked out, don't walk around exposing yourself. You wanted to be stared at; otherwise, you would have peed in the stall. Man slut, you were asking for it."

Figure 4 Comment 3⁸² 82 Our translation into English: "Are you sure he looked? Maybe you imagined all this. Making such a scene over something so little as this...no, no, no...have you had a chance to stop and think that this guy YOU CLAIM TO HAVE LOOKED at your cock could have a family, a job? Do you really want to do this to him??? Think about the guy's chicks...you are going to destroy his reputation, just like that??? You're obviously clueless - taking your cock out in a public bathroom alone. Why do you have to pee????"

Figure 5 Comment 4⁸⁴ 84 Our translation into English: "A man who doesn't have self-respect has to go through this to see if he learns some manners and not expose his body around!"

Figure 6 Comment 5⁸⁷ 87 Our translation into English: "[He] was probably wearing some slutty clothes, something really vulgar and flashy. If he was an upright man, he wouldn't call the attention of these kind of people. He was asking for it."

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