MYTHS ABOUT EXU AND REFRAMING: BESOURO'S CASE

Authors

  • Karliane Macedo Nunes

Keywords:

Cinema e representação, Cultura negra

Abstract

AFRO-BRAZILIAN CULTURAL UNIVERSE HAS BEEN REPRESENTED IN DIFFERENT WAYS, AND IS CONSIDERED IMPORTANT TO THINK ABOUT HOW THESE NARRATIVES IS RELATED TO THE COMPREHENSION OF ITS CULTURES. THIS ARTICLE IS ABOUT A SEQUENCE OF BESOURO (2009), A FILM BY JOÃO DANIEL TIKHOMIROFF.

THROUGH AN APPROACH THAT STRESSES ANTHROPOLICAL AND FILMIC ELEMENTS, I TRY TO UNDERSTAND THE STRATEGIES USED TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF EXU, RELATING THE CHARACTER OF THE FILM WITH THE ORIXA AS DESCRIBED BY THE MITICAL NARRATIVES FROM THE BOOK MITOLOGIA DOS ORIXÁS (2001), WRITTEN BY REGINALDO PRANDI. THUS, IT’S POSSIBLE TO THINK HOW THE CONTEMPORARY CINEMA IS WORKING ON ISSUES RELATED TO THE MEMORY OF THE BLACK CULTURE.

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Published

05-11-2014

How to Cite

NUNES, K. M. MYTHS ABOUT EXU AND REFRAMING: BESOURO’S CASE. Travessias, Cascavel, v. 8, n. 2, p. e10091, 2014. Disponível em: https://e-revista.unioeste.br/index.php/travessias/article/view/10091. Acesso em: 16 jul. 2024.

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ARTE E COMUNICAÇÃO