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Universidade Federal Do Rio Grande Do Sul Faculdade De Biblioteconomia E Comunicação Social Departamento De Comunicação Comunicação Social – Publicidade E Propaganda 1 UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL FACULDADE DE BIBLIOTECONOMIA E COMUNICAÇÃO SOCIAL DEPARTAMENTO DE COMUNICAÇÃO COMUNICAÇÃO SOCIAL – PUBLICIDADE E PROPAGANDA THAIS CRISTINE RANZI GÊNERO E ESTUDOS CULTURAIS: Uma análise da série Orphan Black PORTO ALEGRE 2016 2 THAIS CRISTINE RANZI GÊNERO E ESTUDOS CULTURAIS: Uma análise da série Orphan Black Trabalho de Conclusão de Curso apresentado ao Departamento de Comunicação da Faculdade de Biblioteconomia e Comunicação da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul como requisito parcial à obtenção de grau de Bacharel em Comunicação Social – Habilitação Publicidade e Propaganda. Orientadora: Profª Drª Nilda Aparecida Jacks Coorientadora: Paula Coruja PORTO ALEGRE 2016 3 THAIS CRISTINE RANZI GÊNERO E ESTUDOS CULTURAIS: Uma análise da série Orphan Black Trabalho de Conclusão de Curso apresentado ao Departamento de Comunicação da Faculdade de Biblioteconomia e Comunicação da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul como requisito parcial à obtenção de grau de Bacharel em Comunicação Social – Habilitação Publicidade e Propaganda. Aprovado em: BANCA EXAMINADORA _______________________________________ Profª. Drª. Nilda Aparecida Jacks Orientadora _______________________________________ Paula Coruja Coorientadora _______________________________________ Ms. Sarah Moralejo da Costa Examinadora _______________________________________ Ms. Tainan Pauli Examinador 4 AGRADECIMENTOS Aos meus pais que me deram o chão para que eu pudesse trilhar a caminhada até aqui; À minha irmã maravilhosa, Ana Paula, pelos conselhos, conversas e risadas que tantas vezes tornaram essa e outras tarefas da vida muito mais leves; Aos meus amigos que foram fonte inesgotável de paciência para aguentar meus momentos mais críticos – e os amigos da FABICO, em especial, que me incentivaram e contribuíram com dicas, ideias e novas visões relacionadas ao tema deste TCC; À minha orientadora Nilda Jacks e à minha coorientadora Paula Coruja, por toparem encarar o desafio de me auxiliar a desenvolver com muita dedicação este trabalho; A todas as mulheres à minha volta: amigas, profissionais, mães, chefes, colegas, professoras e tantas outras, lutadoras e donas do próprio destino, que me mostraram que lugar de mulher é onde ela quiser; E a todos que, de alguma forma e em algum momento, me encorajaram a continuar sempre em frente. Estão devidamente guardados na memória e coração. 5 "It takes years as a woman to unlearn what you have been taught to be sorry for." (Amy Poehler) 6 RESUMO Este trabalho procurou analisar, através dos estudos culturais e de recepção, utilizando como metodologia o Circuito Cultural de Richard Johnson, o seriado de drama e ficção científica Orphan Black. A trama conta com o protagonismo de mulheres de fortes e distintas personalidades, o que confere à história um viés feminista. Buscou-se compreender o contexto de produção do seriado, interligando-o à análise dos episódios enquanto textos e, posteriormente, à análise de recepção. Esta, por sua vez, foi feita a partir de comentários reproduzidos pelos espectadores do programa na rede social Twitter, durante a transmissão do episódio de estreia da quarta temporada. Foram investigados os modos de decodificação do produto por parte destes receptores, principalmente nos aspectos que tangem uma representação da identidade de gênero. Palavras-chave: gênero; identidade; estudos culturais; seriados de TV. 7 ABSTRACT This paper aimed to analyze, through audience reception and cultural studies, using Richard Johnson's Circuit of Culture as methodology, Orphan Black, a drama and science fiction series. The plot count on the prominence of strong women, with different personalities, what gives the story a feminist bias. This paper tried to understand the circumstances related to the show's production, connecting it to episode analysis as text, and, later on, to audience reception analysis. This reception analysis was based on viewers comments on Twitter when season four premiere was broadcast. Further studies analyzed on audience product decoding forms, mainly on the aspects that come close to a genre identity representation. Keywords: genre; identity; cultural studies; TV series. 8 LISTA DE FIGURAS Figura 1 - O diagrama do circuito cultural .............................................................................. 44 Figura 2 - Sarah Manning ........................................................................................................ 53 Figura 3 - Sarah Manning em sua primeira aparição na série ................................................. 54 Figura 4 - Beth Childs ............................................................................................................. 55 Figura 5 - Beth Childs momentos antes de seu suicídio, encontrando o olhar de Sarah ......... 55 Figura 6 - Alison Hendrix ....................................................................................................... 56 Figura 7 - Alison, a soccer mom .............................................................................................. 57 Figura 8 - Cosima Niehaus ...................................................................................................... 58 Figura 9 - Cosima (direita) em sua primeira aparição ............................................................. 59 Figura 10 - Helena ................................................................................................................... 59 Figura 11 - Helena, primeira aparição ..................................................................................... 60 Figura 12 - Helena – automutilação em formato de asas ........................................................ 61 Figura 13 - Rachel Duncan ...................................................................................................... 62 Figura 14 - Rachel em sua primeira aparição .......................................................................... 62 Figura 15 - MK, Mika ou Veera Suominem............................................................................ 63 Figura 16 - MK sob a máscara de ovelha ................................................................................ 64 Figura 17 - Clones do Projeto Castor ...................................................................................... 66 Figura 18 - Sarah é interrogada pelo Instituto DYAD ............................................................ 71 Figura 19 - Helena armada para a briga .................................................................................. 78 Figura 20 - Nuvem de palavras da categoria Beth .................................................................. 85 Figura 21 - tweet de @tvgal2000 ............................................................................................ 86 Figura 22 - tweet de @clexasdelena ........................................................................................ 86 Figura 23 - tweet de @morganhoffman .................................................................................. 87 Figura 24 - tweet de @lets_be_blunt94 ................................................................................... 87 Figura 25 - tweet de @IGAlexia ............................................................................................. 87 Figura 26 - tweet de @manningsmonkey ................................................................................ 88 Figura 27 - Nuvem de palavras da categoria Alison ............................................................... 88 Figura 28 - tweet de @OrphanBlack ....................................................................................... 89 Figura 29 - tweet de @fewhoran ............................................................................................. 89 Figura 30 - tweet de @itsjauregyo .......................................................................................... 89 Figura 31 - Nuvem de palavras da categoria Sarah ................................................................. 90 Figura 32 - tweet de @OrphanBlack ....................................................................................... 91 9 Figura 33 - tweet de @chanelinblack ...................................................................................... 92 Figura 34 - tweet de @lindaburnett777 ................................................................................... 92 Figura 35 - Nuvem de palavras da categoria Cosima .............................................................. 93 Figura 36 - tweet de @manningsmonkey ................................................................................ 94 Figura 37 - tweet de @_DaveBedford ..................................................................................... 94 Figura 38 - Nuvem de palavras da categoria Helena ............................................................... 95 Figura 39 - tweet de @beheadedcostia .................................................................................... 95 Figura 40 - tweet de @starkid_paige ....................................................................................... 96 Figura 41 - Nuvem de palavras da categoria MK.................................................................... 96 Figura 42 - tweet de @gofloatyourslf ..................................................................................... 97 Figura 43 - tweet de @the100fansss ....................................................................................... 97 Figura 44 - tweet de @NYmetfan15 ......................................................................................
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