The discoursivity in/of the <i>miss(es)</i> body – muslim and world

Abstract

Assuming that the discursive functioning in/of the body revels the presence of social and ideological values, congruous to people’s culture. We propound, from discourses aired by online media, about the beauty contest Miss World and Miss Muslim, understand in what way the power is symbolized in body, and what strategies has been used by occidental and oriental media, concerning gender studies.

Keywords

• Corpo
• discurso
• cultura.