Protagonismo feminino: uma análise da representação feminina nas personagens de “The 100”

Abstract

Audiovisual productions convey in their imagery-verbal discourse representations of the feminine that influence the process of meaning about being a woman. Historically, the social imaginary standardizes women as fragile, delicate and/or assigned to domestic tasks. With that in mind, the aim of this study was to analyze the direction taken by the series The 100 to signify the female figure in its narrative. For that, the methodology adopted was the theoretical methodological assumptions of Discourse Analysis, a theoretical field proposed by Michel Pêcheux and Eni P. Orlandi. Female representation and protagonism are treated here as means of subverting gender patterns and stereotypes crystallized in the social imaginary, as well as discourses ideologically crossed by patriarchy, understanding that the socio-historical space is marked by the growing struggle and achievements of feminist movements. That implies thinking about the importance of female protagonism in audiovisual productions, since it is a scenario historically marked by the ideology of patriarchy. Although submitted to the prevailing ideology of male domination, we can notice the growth of women in a prominent position/protagonism in audiovisual productions.