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    Dimensions of recognition through relational labour in erotic content creation in Brazil


    Caminhas, Lorena (2025) Dimensions of recognition through relational labour in erotic content creation in Brazil. New Media and Society. ISSN 1461-4448

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    Abstract

    Relational labour has become a critical concept for understanding the consequences of the ongoing relationship between creators and their audiences on social media. This article draws on this discussion to address Brazilian erotic content creators’ perceptions of the impact of relational labour on their sense of self and subjective identity. Combining the concept with the idea of recognition as conceived in the Psychodynamics of Work, the article explores the subjective investment and identity development involved in the continual creator–audience intersubjective relationships. Based on 31 in-depth interviews with Brazilian erotic creators, the article reveals a deep subjective investment in performing relational labour and its impact on creators’ self-esteem and self-relationship, with the potential to strengthen their subjective identity and social value. Nevertheless, the symbolic rewards of relational labour are an effort rather than a guarantee, especially in highly stigmatised work where the distribution of in intersubjective relationships is uneven.
    Item Type: Article
    Keywords: Erotic content creation; recognition; relational labour; stigmatisation; subjectivity;
    Academic Unit: Faculty of Arts,Celtic Studies and Philosophy > School of English, Media & Theatre Studies > Media Studies
    Item ID: 19843
    Identification Number: 10.1177/14614448251336439
    Depositing User: Lorena Rubia Pereira Caminhas
    Date Deposited: 21 May 2025 10:05
    Journal or Publication Title: New Media and Society
    Publisher: SAGE Publications
    Refereed: Yes
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    URI: https://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/19843
    Use Licence: This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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