Masculinidade(s) e afetos: o papel das emoções em narrativas sobre a masculinidade tóxica

Abstract

The research is situated at the interface between the field of anthropology of emotions and studies on masculinities. By integrating these two fields of social research, we sought to understand how emotions are inserted into narratives and discourses on masculinities and gender relations. As the object to be analyzed, it was decided to choose the discourses that mobilized the expression "toxic masculinity" as a native category that, based on the metaphorical use of the sign "toxic", tried to classify certain ideas and behaviors understood as harmful to both men and women. The research proposes a reflection on the way in which debates on toxic masculinity embrace the gender dynamics that make up the social life of individuals, groups and social institutions. By questioning the role of emotions in discursive constructions about toxic masculinity, the aim is to understand how the affective field is inserted into processes of ratification, negotiation and confrontation between ways of constructing masculinity and gender relations.