Configurations of the contemporaneous western: Assault on Precinct 13 and Neighboring Sounds

Authors

  • Cyntia Gomes Calhado Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4013/ver.2016.30.75.05

Abstract

Through a generic interpretation of the films Assault on Precinct 13 (John Carpenter, 1976) and Neighboring Sounds (O Som ao Redor, Kleber Mendonça Filho, 2012) according to the methodology proposed by Rick Altman (2011), the intention of this study is to analyse how these films re-signify the western. The comparative analysis aims to demonstrate that the differences on the institutionalization of the law in the United States and in Brazil play an important role in the gender aspects of the films.

Keywords: contemporaneous western, institutionalization of the law, nation building.

Author Biography

Cyntia Gomes Calhado, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP)

Doutoranda do Programa de Estudos Pós-Graduados em Comunicação e Semiótica da Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP) e professora do curso de Rádio e TV no FIAM-FAAM Centro Universitário.

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Published

2016-05-12

Issue

Vol. 30 No. 75: September/December - 2016/3

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