The construction of gender identity in laerte coutinho
International Journal of Development Research
The construction of gender identity in laerte coutinho
Received 27th March, 2020; Received in revised form 22nd April, 2020; Accepted 06th May, 2020; Published online 29th June, 2020
Copyright © 2020, Michelly Santos de Carvalho. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
This paper analyzes Judith Butler’s category of genderperformativity in the conceptions presented by LaerteCoutinho in the documentary Laerte-se, availableon the global streaming provider of movies and television series: Netflix. For this, we used the thematic analysis methodology to designate the themes (body and gender identity) we focused on. Thus, we observed that Laerte Coutinho has performed the feminine gender. The study ofissues regarding identity and body in Laerte’s conceptions lead us to find outthat she does not theorize about who she is or what she will become.
