Gender as 'Grande Sertão: Veredas' - movie, miniseries and book

Abstract

The proposal is to expose gender issues, specifically the roles attributed to men and women, reflecting on the masculine and feminine and their relationships, in the movie 'Grande Sertão' (1965), in the miniseries (1985) and in the book 'Grande Sertão: Veredas' (1956). Inspired by the book, the audiovisuals elaborated their own narratives regarding the relationship between the central characters, 'Riobaldo' and 'Diadorim', attributing values and simplifying the complex tension of the written book. With these narratives, we have characteristics that can be compared, of the gender relations in Brazil of the 1950s, 1960s, and 1980s, which are still present, and make possible a problematization and reflection in a reading with the resources of the contemporary discussions about the theme.