Evangelicals in the Brazilian contemporary visual production: analysis of the polemics surrounding the film Holy Tremor

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Keywords:

Documentary, Image of the People, Representation, Subalternity

Abstract

This article proposes an analysis of the polemics around Holy Tremor (2017), film by Bárbara Wagner and Benjamin de Burca, aiming at locating it, at first, in the tradition of representation of poor and peripheric communities in Brazilian art. In a second moment, it will also relate the work to a larger series of polemics generated by the representation of evangelical groups in the Brazilian contemporary visual production. It suggests that reception is a key element in the production of meaning and consequently, in the controversy generated by the film.

Author Biography

Diogo Rodrigues de Barros, Universidade de Montreal

Doutorando em história da arte no Departamento de história da arte e de estudos cinematográficos.

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Published

2019-07-01

How to Cite

Rodrigues de Barros, D. (2019). Evangelicals in the Brazilian contemporary visual production: analysis of the polemics surrounding the film Holy Tremor. Revista De Ciências Sociais (Social Sciences’ Journal), 50(2), 51–71. Retrieved from http://periodicos.ufc.br/revcienso/article/view/40276

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Section

Dossiê: Colonialidades do crer, do saber e do sentir - implicações epistemológicas nos estudos da religião