Representations of the candomblé in a Tent of Miracles: The TV fiction and its symbologies

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  • Robéria Nádia Araújo Nascimento Universidade Estadual da Paraíba (UEPB)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4013/fem.2016.181.03

Abstract

This text derived from a survey on the religiosity afro-Brazilian, especially candomblé in the TV series Tent of Miracles, inspired by the work of Jorge Amado. In the light of Lopes (2004), Jost (2007), and Martín-Barbero (2004), among others, it deals with the enjoyment of fictional television genre in addition to the intention of truth, the mobilization of the memory and the imagination of the public, since through this it becomes possible to approximate the specific traditions of a people. From this perspective, the fiction is permeated by discursive and plasticity mobility flows, suitable conditions for movement of thoughts, images, symbols and meanings that serve as keys to interpretation of identitary and socio-historical-cultural processes. Privileging the entanglement with the sphere of afro-Brazilian belief, the article describes some fragments of audiovisual product, identifying religious symbols and myths, in addition to interviews with practitioners of religious strand, in order to think and understand the representations constructed by fiction. As a more expressive result, the study found that the TV series appreciates the cultural expressions, the ethnic identity and religiosity of the multifaceted Bahian people, despite the stigmas and prejudices (Goofman, 1988) related to the traditions of candomblé, forging the visibility of fiction television in its convergence with the social reality.

Keywords: Tent of Miracles, TV fiction, candomblé.

Author Biography

Robéria Nádia Araújo Nascimento, Universidade Estadual da Paraíba (UEPB)

Doutora em Educação pela Universidade Federal da Paraíba (2007). Mestre em Ciência da Informação pela Universidade Federal da Paraíba (2001). Professora Titular do curso de Comunicação Social (UEPB), vinculada aos Grupos de Pesquisa Comunicação, Cultura e Desenvolvimento e Comunicação, Memória e Cultura Popular, e à linha Mídia e Estudos Culturais.Suas produções acadêmicas são interdisciplinares e permeiam os campos do pensamento complexo e epistemologia da comunicação, enfocando as interfaces entre sociedade, educação, informação, pesquisa, conhecimento e mídias. Desenvolve estudos sobre televisão, ficção, expressões de religiosidade nos processos midiáticos, observando as possíveis construções identitárias que emergem das dinâmicas informacionais e dos fluxos de sentidos midiatizados pela comunicação no espaço social.

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Published

2015-09-23

Issue

Vol. 18 No. 1 (2016): January/April

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