The research has as its object the representations constructed in favor of homeschooling in two debates that took place in the Chamber of Deputies during the legislative procedure for regulating the modality in Brazil, and in Instagram posts taken from pages that defend the theme. The objective is to identify which discourses are articulated and legitimized in the two genres and to verify if there are convergences or divergences between them. More specifically, we will seek to trace a brief history of  domestic education in Brazil; analyze the articulation between genres, discourses and styles to understand and compare the processes of representation of homeschooling in the debates that took place in the Chamber of Deputies and in the posts on Instagram; examine the articulation of neoliberal and neoconservative discourse in the texts and their implications. Our methodology and analysis are based in Critical Discourse Analysis (FAIRCLOUGH, 1999; 2003; 2016), from which we use the categories of intertextuality, interdiscursivity and evaluative statements. After investigation, it was concluded that homeschooling is represented in different ways in the two discursive genres, since the neoliberal discourse is articulated in both, but the neoconservative discourse is only evident in the posts, which, consequently, shows different forms of action and identification in the texts. Thus, it was concluded, through the linguistic-discursive analysis, that the defense of homeschooling, as part of a process of social change, not only legitimizes the hegemonic neoliberal discourse, but also has the potential to reinforce discrimination and inequalities, mainly in relation to women and the LGBTQIA+ population.

KEYWORDS: Homeschooling; Critical Discourse Analysis; Neoliberal Discourse; Neoconservative Discourse;