Fragmented identities in Gus Van Sant’s My Own Private Idaho

Authors

  • Daniela de Paula Gomes Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4013/ver.2016.30.75.06

Abstract

This article aims to explore Gus Van Sant’s film My Own Private Idaho (1991) starting from different approaches on the perception of the fragmentation of contemporary cultural identity from the perspective of cultural studies. We use especially the propositions from the authors Stuart Hall and Tomaz Tadeu da Silva in order to understand how this fragmentation condition configured in the film and its characters.

Keywords: identity, fragmentation, My Own Private Idaho, Gus Van Sant.

Author Biography

Daniela de Paula Gomes, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto

Bacharel e Licenciada em História pela Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto. Atualmente é mestranda do Programa de Pós-graduação em Comunicação e Temporalidades pela mesma instituição. Realiza pesquisa na linha de práticas comunicacionais e tempo social com foco no cinema do cineasta Gus Van Sant.

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Published

2016-05-12

Issue

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

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