Identidade e representações nerd: análise do personagem Peter Parker no filme Homem-Aranha

Abstract

The present work deals with the questions of the representations of the nerd identity in the film Spider-Man, released in 2002. We have as main objective of the research to analyze the characteristics about the nerd present in this production, making a cut in the figure of the protagonist Peter Parker, interpreted by the actor Tobey Maguire. For this, the questions about the term culture are approached according to Williams (2003) and its influences on the formation of identities, defended by Hall (1980). Based on these concepts, raise the question of identifications among individuals and how they contribute to the formation of social groups through reference points disseminated by discourses and social and media representations according Chartier (2002) and Hall (2016). In the Cultural Studies bias, it is understood that the media is responsible for the dissemination of meanings about cultures and identities in general. Based on this assertion, we use Johnson's (2010) course and the textual analysis model of Casetti and Chio (1999) to achieve the objectives of this research. Finally, it was concluded that the film, despite the new meanings of the term nerd, still represents it in a pejorative way, contributing so that the characteristics of these individuals are not questioned and the common sense about this identity is preserve.