Imperatriz Furiosa: protagonismo feminino e identidade de gênero

Abstract

Cinema, as well as entertainment, can be a source of inspiration and learning for the public. It is possible to represent in the screens much of the culture of a society, besides social opinions and criticisms between the lines of an image and the text of its dialogues. Through methods based on theories of cinematographic script production and analysis of signs and images, this paper will analyze the hypothesis that the character Empress Furiousa MadMax: Fury Road (2015), directed by George Miller, is constructed, in addition With the intention of becoming an icon of the pop culture, also to bring symbologies of resistance in favor of a feminist concept, through its physical and behavioral attributes. With historical theories and contextualizations about the representativeness of women in the cinema, one seeks to perceive what this personage can represent for contemporary cinema and the messages that their identity can pass to the public.