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As Representações Femininas Nos Quadrinhos Norte- Americanos: Permanências E Ressonâncias SELMA REGINA NUNES OLIVEIRA MULHER AO QUADRADO - AS REPRESENTAÇÕES FEMININAS NOS QUADRINHOS NORTE- AMERICANOS: PERMANÊNCIAS E RESSONÂNCIAS. 1895- 1990 Tese apresentada como requisito para a obtenção do grau de Doutor em História, da linha de pesquisa: História: Discurso, Imaginário e Cotidiano, da Universidade de Brasília. Orientador: Maria T. Negrão de Mello BRASÍLIA 2001 Aos meus pais Jethro e Jurucema. pois sem eles nada seria possível. AGRADECIMENTOS Um grande obrigada a todos os amigos, cujas palavras carinhosas foram tremendamente valiosas ao meu coração. Um agradecimento especial aos meus amigos Wagner, Márcia Flau, Maria Rita e Zé Ferreira, pelas muitas e muitas horas de ralação e conversas. À minha irmã Cláudia que está sempre por perto. À professora Doutora Tânia N. Swain, por suas primeiras orientações e importantes contribuições a este trabalho. À minha amiga Elce, pela força e pelo help mais que oportuno. À incansável Debi e sua pena revisora. Aos amigos Toni e Denise. À Faculdade de Comunicação da UnB pelo apoio constante. À minha orientadora professora Doutora Thereza Teca Negrão, pela valiosa orientação, dedicação, paciência, boníssimo humor e pelo grande e aconchegante colo. Um agradecimento especialíssimo à Soraya, companheira de todas e em todas as horas. Acima de tudo, meu agradecimento a todas as forças e energias que abriram os caminhos que trilhei e nos quais vou seguir em frente. Um grande beijo a todos. SUMÁRIO RESUMO............................................................................................................ vii ABSTRACT........................................................................................................ viii PRA COMEÇO DE CONVERSA............................................................ 2 1 FIATLUX........................................................................................................... 10 1.1 Balão de ensaio......................................................................................... 11 1.2 Mulheres em movimento......................................................................... 27 2 MULHER QUADRO A QUADRO......................................................... 35 2.1 Um certo Domingo................................................................................... 36 2.2 Tudo em família........................................................................................ 41 2.3 Quem é essa garota?................................................................................. 48 2.4 Um mais um são três................................................................................ 61 2.5 A eterna namorada................................................................................... 65 2.6 A outra face de Eva.................................................................................. 74 2.7 Ele, o magnífico....................................................................................... 81 2.8 Notícias de uma guerra........................................................................... 92 2.9 Já para casa!.............................................................................................. 101 2.10 Dura lex sed lex...................................................................................... 107 2.11 Ciranda cirandinha.................................................................................. 112 2.12 A bala que matou a mística.................................................................... 122 2.13 Eu tenho a força!...................................................................................... 132 2.14 Sei que eu sou bonita e gostosa.............................................................. 143 2.15 Yes, nós temos quadrinhos..................................................................... 162 3 COMO DIZIA JACK.................................................................................... 176 3.1 Vamos por partes...................................................................................... 177 3.2 O jogo das curvas..................................................................................... 190 3.3 O teu cabelo não nega............................................................................. 207 3.4 O hábito e o véu....................................................................................... 222 3.5 Nada se cria, nada se perde.................................................................... 234 4 CONCLUINDO!?.......................................................................................... 254 ALGUMAS NOTAS..................................................................................... 260 CORPUS DA PESQUISA.......................................................................... 262 REFERÊNCIAS BIBLIOGRÁFICAS.................................................. 271 BIBLIOGRAFIA CONSULTADA......................................................... 275 RESUMO OLIVEIRA, Selma R. N. Mulher ao quadrado - representações femininas nos quadrinhos norte-americanos: permanências e ressonâncias. 1895-1990. Brasília, 2001. 283 p. Tese (doutorado) - Programa de Pós-graduação em História, Linha de Pesquisa: História: Discurso, Imaginário e Cotidiano - Instituto de Ciências Humanas/ Departamento de História da Universidade de Brasília. A investigação tem como objeto as representações femininas nas histórias em quadrinhos norte-americanas, publicadas no Brasil, no período compreendido entre as décadas de 30 e 90, do século XX e, como objetivo, averiguar a existência de modelos femininos básicos. O argumento norteador tem como eixo possíveis modificações das representações femininas em conjunturas históricas específicas. A pesquisa examina, analisa e compara as personagens femininas principais - a mocinha e a vilã - e também, no caso do segundo capítulo, o personagem masculino principal, o herói. Eles foram retirados de dois ou três títulos, de determinados recortes históricos - aqueles apontados pelos teóricos da área como os de maior relevância. Tendo como pressuposto teórico uma conduta interdisciplinar, o corpus selecionado considerou como referenciais um programa de reflexão que abriga categorias e noções tais como a Indústria Cultural, questões de Gênero, Representações Sociais, elementos da Análise do Discurso (AD Francesa) e a História enquanto área do saber Em tais articulações e em variadas modalizações, dimensões do cotidiano e do imaginário foram pinçadas do empírico, cenário de permanências e reelaborações no qual aquelas se configuraram mais pulsantes que estas. Como resultado, tem-se a análise de personagens, modos e hábitos cotidianos, linguajar, moda e vestuário, assim como as condições de produção que propiciaram o aparecimento dessa ou daquela história, a constituição dos discursos engendrados, as redes de sentido na qual se inscreve cada personagem e as representações neles ancoradas. Palavras-chaves: história em quadrinhos, História, Imaginário, Cultura de Massa e representações sociais de gênero. ABSTRACT OLIVEIRA, Selma R. N. Mulher ao quadrado - representações femininas nos quadrinhos norte-americanos: permanências e ressonâncias. 1895-1990. Brasilia, 2001. 283 p. Thesis (doctorate) - Program of Post Graduation in History, Line of research: History: Discourse, Imaginary and Quotidian - Instituto de Ciências Humanas/ Departamento de História of Universidade de Brasília. The investigation has as object feminine roles in north-American comics, published in Brazil, during the period that ran from the 30’s until the 90’s of the 20th century, and the purpose is to ascertain the existence of basic female templates. The guiding argument has, as an axis, possible modifications of the portrayals of women in specific historic conjunctures. The research tests, analyses and compares the main female characters, the good girl and the bad one and also, in the case of the second chapter, the central male character, the hero. They were depicted from two or three magazines published in historical moments pointed out by theoreticians as the most relevant ones. Having as theoretically presupposed that the many departments of knowledge are interacted, the selected corpus considers as a reference a program of reflections that includes categories such as Cultural Industry, Gender, Social Representations, elements from the Analysis of Discourse (French AD) and History as a field of knowledge. In such articulations and in different levels of modal propositions, dimensions of the imaginary and of the daily life were taken from the empirical form, which is the scenery of remanance in one hand and of re-edition in the other, a scenery in which the former turned out to be more thrilling than the latter. As a result, we have an analysis of the personages, manners and everyday customs, modes of speech, fashion and its garment, as well as the conditions of production that rendered propitious the emergence of this or that story, the constituents of a discourse engendered, the net of sense in which each character is inscribed and the depictions anchored in them. Key words: comics, History, Imaginary, Mass-Culture, social representations of gender. INTRODUÇÃO PRA COMEÇO DE CONVERSA Algo só é impossível até que alguém duvida e acaba provando o contrário. v Einstein PRA COMEÇO DE CONVERSA E disse o Senhor Deus: Não é bom que o homem esteja só; far-lhe-ei uma adjutora que lhe esteja como diante dele. (...) Então o Senhor Deus fez cair um sono pesado sobre Adão, e este adormeceu; e tomou uma das suas costelas e cerrou a carne em seu lugar.
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