Politizando insetos comestíveis
Uma política identitária mediatizada
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https://doi.org/10.18861/ic.2026.21.1.4272Palavras-chave:
mídia, populismo, entomofagia, discurso progressista, discurso tradicionalista, midiatizaçãoResumo
Desde 2020, a questão dos insetos comestíveis —autorizados em muitos países— tornou-se um tema importante nas políticas agrícolas e nutricionais de vários estados. Sua natureza inovadora, impacto ambiental positivo e potencial para lidar com a escassez global de proteínas são frequentemente destacados no discurso progressista e acadêmico. No entanto, o tema dos insetos comestíveis também surgiu como uma questão política significativa. Certos movimentos populistas radicais em todo o mundo o enquadraram como um símbolo de “wokeness”, “globalização” e “tolerância” e se opuseram ativamente a ele. Neste artigo, analisamos essas estratégias discursivas a partir de um corpus de publicações midiáticas de 9 países. Por meio da análise do discurso com base no modelo de Laclau e Mouffe, observamos que grupos radicais de direita exploram a questão dos insetos comestíveis como ferramenta de política identitária. Os elementos dessa política de identidade são relativamente consistentes e podem ser encontrados em diferentes partes do mundo —no discurso dos trumpistas americanos, populistas húngaros e forças de extrema-direita italianas.
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