Diversidade/diferença, questões de gênero e relações de poder no contexto acadêmico na série The Chair

Abstract

Study on issues of diversity/difference, gender and power relations in the academic environment in the narrative of the serial fiction The Chair, by Netflix. It aims to detect which contributions The Chair series brings about diversity and its social markers by investigating the main concepts of these issues in the academic context and analyzing their meanings in the series. It employs a qualitative approach, with a descriptive character, developed from the Discourse Analysis method, having as its discursive object the narrative of this serial fiction, from the delimitation of objects (diversity/difference, gender and power relations) directly linked to the characters Ji-Yoon King (Sandra Oh), Yaz McKay (Nana Mensah) and Joan Hambling (Holland Taylor). It uses as research corpus all episodes of the series (6), but focuses on specific scenes that deal with the themes investigated here. It analyzes the episodes through description and interpretation in the light of theorists Sales and Ferrari (2019), Butler (2003), Thompson (2009), among others, who deal with diversity, gender and power relations, respectively. It concludes that the themes (diversity/difference, gender and power relations) addressed in the series, through the female characters, point to the existence of discrepancies with regard to gender, so it is necessary from micro-affirmations, especially in the context academic, which is the focus of this study, to favor in a fairer way the links of power.