Joana Plaza Pinto
List of John Benjamins publications for which Joana Plaza Pinto plays a role.
Articles
Chapter 7. On languages, bodies and epistemic violence Language and Violence: Pragmatic perspectives, Silva, Daniel N. (ed.), pp. 171–188 | Chapter
2017 This paper discusses the articulations between the differentiations of bodies and the invention of languages. As post-colonial and decolonial authors and feminist authors point out, in spite of their central role in the construction and classification of languages, bodies tend to become invisible… read more
Trajectories of the black female body in Brazil: Circulations of racist and antiracist representations on a TV show Circulating Signs and People: Politics, affect, ethnography, Silva, Daniel N. (ed.), pp. 197–216 | Article
2015 In this paper, I offer a situated perspective on the political and semiotic landscapes of the circulation of racist and antiracist images and texts in and around a dark-skinned female character, Adelaide, in the popular Brazilian TV show Zorra Total. I aim to differ and defer the character as a… read more