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Uma Análise Sobre O Discurso Inscrito Nos Corpos Das Crossplayers Brasileiras ENTRE O APAGAMENTO E A APROPRIAÇÃO: UMA ANÁLISE SOBRE O DISCURSO INSCRITO NOS CORPOS DAS CROSSPLAYERS BRASILEIRAS Otavia Cé1 Resumo: Este trabalho é um recorte da minha tese de doutorado, a qual foi construída a partir da hipótese de que o apagamento do corpo feminino para interpretar o masculino é um meio de adquirir voz e poder. O objetivo é demonstrar, por meio da análise do discurso verbo-visual de performances de crossplayers (segmento do cosplay no qual as/os praticantes interpretam personagens do sexo oposto) ao atuarem como personagens masculinas, que estas figuras, em obras de autoria feminina, possuem poder e evidenciar que, para as crossplayers assumirem a representação de tais personagens, a condição sine qua non é a do apagamento do feminino. O corpus de análise é composto por fotografias e depoimentos de 50 crossplayers brasileiras, coletados no ano de 2014. Norteiam a pesquisa conceitos da cultura pop japonesa, com foco nos mangás (histórias em quadrinhos) e na prática do cosplay/crossplay, teorias da Análise Crítica do Discurso (ACD), da Gramática Visual, dos estudos de gênero e dos estudos acerca de performance. A pesquisa contempla: a) o processo de transformação sofrido pelos corpos das crossplayers; b) análise visual de fotografias de crossplayers brasileiras e c) análise verbal dos depoimentos das mesmas crossplayers. Palavras-chave: Gênero.Corpo.Cosplay. O interesse pela cultura pop japonesa e seus produtos têm sido uma constante tanto na minha trajetória pessoal quanto acadêmica. O gosto por mangás – histórias em quadrinhos de origem nipônica – assim como vídeo games e outros derivados me acompanham desde os primórdios da adolescência. Durante o período em que cursei a graduação, busquei realizar trabalhos voltados para a área, caminho que percorri até minha dissertação de mestrado, quando pesquisei sobre a representação de personagens femininas nos mangás. Nessa época, aprofundei meus laços com o fenômeno Cool Japanpara vivenciar de maneira mais íntima toda a experiência que o estilo proporciona. Além disso, presenciei sua crescente influência cultural especialmente em habitantes de países distantes do arquipélago nipônico. Passei a frequentar eventos destinados a apreciadoras/es do pop japonês e, no ano de 2008, em Porto Alegre, tive meu primeiro contato com o mundo cosplay – atividade na qual pessoas se vestem e interpretam personagens oriundas de mangás, animes e outras mídias. O espetáculo performático que a prática do cosplay promove pode surpreender até mesmo as/os apreciadoras/es dos códigos e significados da cultura pop japonesa. E foi exatamente assim que me senti, quando vi na minha frente versões de carne e osso de personagens cujas 1Profa. Dra. do Centro de Ciências Sociais e Tecnológicas da Universidade Católica de Pelotas (UCPel), Pelotas-RS. 1 Seminário Internacional Fazendo Gênero 11& 13thWomen’s Worlds Congress (Anais Eletrônicos), Florianópolis, 2017,ISSN 2179-510X aventuras eu acompanhei, com as quais sorri e chorei tantas vezes que já havia perdido a conta. Todavia, o choque era maior do que a simples felicidade de poder tirar uma foto ou abraçar minha heroína favorita ou meu amor platônico de papel: ali, dentro do espaço onde o evento acontecia, um mundo de fantasia se projetava, um lugar onde cada indivíduo era apto a ser quem desejasse, independentemente de sua etnia, classe social ou sexo. E tal fato foi evidenciado no momento em que percebi as crossplayers – garotas vestidas como personagens masculinas – perambulando pelo pátio do local, sendo reverenciadas como estrelas e arrancando suspiros por onde passavam. O cosplay é um objeto do meu interesse, porém o grupo denominado crossplayer, em especial, desperta minha atenção e instiga o meu lado pesquisadora feminista e preocupada com questões referentes aos estudos de gênero. O que elas apresentam e representam? No momento em que incarnam personagens masculinas, com suas vestes, gestos e falas, elas estão subvertendo a ordem de papéis tradicionais de gênero? Ou, a preocupação que gerou o presente estudo: estão elas silenciando o seu corpo feminino em prol do poder masculino? Nesta pesquisa, assumo o pressuposto de que gênero é performance, conforme os estudos de Judith Butler (2008). Um instrumento cultural, o gênero é composto por valores e crenças aprendidas e é independente dos imperativos biológicos que ordenam a diferenciação sexual.A performance é o comportamento exterior que calibra a escala de masculinidade e feminilidade nas relações sociais. Ou seja, gênero só existe na medida em que pode ser percebido através de seus componentes: postura, gestos, tom de voz e entonação, vestimentas, acessórios, penteado – índices que indicam a natureza performática e social de um indivíduo. Nas culturas em que um código de gênero é universalmente aceito e facilmente legível, a maneira como os indivíduos se representam funciona como uma declaração de identidade e de gênero escolhido. Tais representações podem variar em verossimilhança, plausibilidade e poder de persuasão. No caso da prática do crossplay, durante suas performances, a crossplayers assumem um valor emblemático, aumentando e chamando a atenção para os aspectos convencionais ou universalmente esperados do comportamento e papel sociais. Todavia, para chegar a uma avaliação do "papel feminino", no caso o do crossplay, é necessário investigar o contexto cultural. Para haver crossplay, ou até mesmocrossdress, deve haver um código de vestimenta baseado no sexo, fato que se aplica às personagens oriundas de mangás. A roupa pode expressar conformismo ou subversão. Em alguns casos, a prática do crossdress confirma o dualismo homem ¬ mulher, em outros, derruba a ordem, em outros ainda, continua a ser um tópico ambíguo. Todavia, existem inúmeras outras diferenças além da roupa entre feminino e 2 Seminário Internacional Fazendo Gênero 11& 13thWomen’s Worlds Congress (Anais Eletrônicos), Florianópolis, 2017,ISSN 2179-510X masculino – linguagem, gestos, postura, etc. – elementos que devem ser levados em consideração quando o gênero oposto é interpretado durante uma performance, algo muito além do que simplesmente vestir roupas culturalmente destinadas para mulheres ou homens. Conjuntamente a essas características existe também a questão dos papéis sociais atribuídos ideologicamente ao masculino e ao feminino e as relações de dominância que esses perpetuam. No crossplay, as participantes jogam com esses papéis na medida que assumem representações do sexo oposto e desenvolvem performances nas quais interpretam personagens masculinas buscando o máximo de veracidade possível. Essas personagens, vale salientar, são consideradas mais interessantes e profundas do que seus pares femininos pelas crossplayersde modo geral. Nesta pesquisa, trabalho com a possibilidade de que as crossplayers assumem essa performance de gênero com a intenção de romper com conceitos tradicionais, crendo ser essa uma forma de contestar a visão de masculino e feminino apresentada nos mangás. Todavia, será que ao assumirem tal postura, não acabam por conduzir à um apagamento do feminino em prol do masculino? Sobre cosplay e crossplay O cosplay é uma atividade ampla que apresenta ramificações. Uma delas é o chamado crossplay, em que homens e mulheres travestem-se de personagens do sexo oposto e brincam com interpretações e representações de gênero. O crossplay no viés da performance de gênero, em que pessoas travestidas brincam ou parodiam percepções, questões e papéis tradicionais, busca romper limitações sexo/gênero. Segundo Dorfman e McCormick (2007), [...] a iconografia do cosplay torna-se uma metáfora mais aberta para a condição de escapismo, em que a fuga da realidade é irresistivelmente atraída para zonas arquetípicas localizáveis por um puxão gravitacional invisível. Meninos vão querer se vestir como meninas, meninas vão aproveitar a chance de encarnar um super-herói inteligente, e todos, em algum momento de seu desenvolvimento têm de começar a envolver as zonas ambíguas da identidade sexual e androginia se esperam obter qualquer tração nessa vertente épica de autorrealização (p. 8). Diferente da figuração extravagante das drag queens, por exemplo, que costumeiramente exageram na representação do sexo oposto, as/os crossplayers buscam um equilíbrio da forma, escondendo sua natureza biológica atrás da personagem com o propósito de confundir a visão do outro. A questão central da prática do crossplay é tentar se passar por outro sexo. Para tanto, 3 Seminário Internacional Fazendo Gênero 11& 13thWomen’s Worlds Congress (Anais Eletrônicos), Florianópolis, 2017,ISSN 2179-510X os/aspraticantes usam de artifícios para disfarçar sua natureza, moldando seus corpos com faixas e enchimentos, ajustando os seus rostos com maquiagem e suas vozes com técnicas elaboradas. A grande maioria dos praticantes do crossplay é composta por mulheres que se travestem como homens, gerando o chamadocrossplay FtM ─ female to male (PALMER, 2007). De acordo com os questionários aplicadas às crossplayers, algumas alegam fazer crossplay pelo mesmo motivo que fariam um cosplay: porque gostam da personagem ou de sua roupa; outras, no entanto, afirmam que preferem fazer crossplay por considerar as personagens masculinas mais interessantes, completas e bem desenvolvidas em relação às femininas. Um terceiro grupo afirma que encontra na prática do crossplay a possibilidade de subverter o papel canônico das personagens, podendo interpretá-las de forma desruptiva em relação à obra original. Nos mangás existe uma classificação de personagem denominada
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