Representações da mulher negra : a personagem Shuri no filme Pantera Negra

Abstract

In this article, we aim to understand how the character Shuri is represented in the Black Panther film (COOGLER, 2018), our object of analysis, especially the dialogues in which the character participates. We adopted the qualitative methodology (MINAYO, 1998). As a result of our analysis, we found some representations (HALL, 2009) that were made to Shuri. Some of them value her while some others depreciate her. She is diminished for being a woman and young. On the other hand, she is represented as knowledgeable, authentic, spontaneous, independent and empowered. We emphasize the importance of this character for her attitude facing gender and age prejudice. We comprehend that she does not suffer racial prejudice due to her skin color, which reveals the possibility of a world where this kind of prejudice is not relevant or even does not exist. We can also understand that this character contributes to highlighting black women in the arts, especially in cinema, which shows us that cinema is a very powerful tool in the construction and dissemination of ideas and progressive concepts.