Monstrous animals: some images of reptiles in Hollywood cinema
The present work aims to relate the media representation of animals, more specifically that of reptiles. The study considers that many contemporary meanings given by the media to animals such as snakes and crocodiles come from traditional religions or sacred narratives. The proposition is illustrated from the narratives of American films of great repercussion. Therefore, this investigation highlights cinema as a device that promotes bricolage, in the anthropological sense of Claude Lévi-Strauss, insofar as it uses the elements it has at its disposal and reorganizes them into new discursive appropriations or new combinations whose origin is in classical beliefs. The feature films that exemplify the proposal are: Alligator (1980), Anaconda (1997) and Anaconda 2 (2004).
Monstrous animals: some images of reptiles in Hollywood cinema
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DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.5582252210085
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Palavras-chave: Movie theater. Religion. Reptiles. DIY. Social representations.
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Keywords: Movie theater. Religion. Reptiles. DIY. Social representations.
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Abstract:
The present work aims to relate the media representation of animals, more specifically that of reptiles. The study considers that many contemporary meanings given by the media to animals such as snakes and crocodiles come from traditional religions or sacred narratives. The proposition is illustrated from the narratives of American films of great repercussion. Therefore, this investigation highlights cinema as a device that promotes bricolage, in the anthropological sense of Claude Lévi-Strauss, insofar as it uses the elements it has at its disposal and reorganizes them into new discursive appropriations or new combinations whose origin is in classical beliefs. The feature films that exemplify the proposal are: Alligator (1980), Anaconda (1997) and Anaconda 2 (2004).
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Número de páginas: 14
- Everardo Rocha
- Lívia Boeschentein
- Bruna Aucar
