Bodily lower stratum in mediatic images <br>O rebaixamento corporal nas imagens midiáticas

This article provides a reading of grotesque shown in visual medias, mainly television. The discussion is supported by the ideas of bodily lower stratum as proposed by Mikhail Bakhtin in his work about popular culture at final Middle Ages and Renaissance, based on François Rabelais’s literary creati...

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Main Author: José de Arimathéia Cordeiro Custódio
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Universidade Estadual de Londrina 2005-11-01
Series:Discursos Fotográficos
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Online Access:http://www.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/discursosfotograficos/article/view/1472
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Summary:This article provides a reading of grotesque shown in visual medias, mainly television. The discussion is supported by the ideas of bodily lower stratum as proposed by Mikhail Bakhtin in his work about popular culture at final Middle Ages and Renaissance, based on François Rabelais’s literary creations. The study explains the anthropological dimensions of the human body; defines the bodily lower stratum from the standpoint of bakhtinian thought; presents aspects of the mentality and the cultural scenario at the end of the medieval period, with emphasis on carnivalization and desacralization of the human body; and discusses the notions of renascentist grotesque realism updated in the context of contemporary mediatic images. <p><p>Este artigo faz uma leitura do grotesco apresentado nas mídias visuais, sobretudo a televisão. Fundamenta a reflexão nas idéias de rebaixamento corporal propostas por Mikhail Bakhtin em sua obra sobre a cultura popular no final da Idade Média e Renascimento, à luz das criações literárias de François Rabelais. O estudo expõe dimensões antropológicas do corpo humano; define o rebaixamento a partir do pensamento bakhtiniano; apresenta aspectos da mentalidade e do cenário cultural do fim do medievo, com ênfase na carnavalização e dessacralização do corpo humano; e discute as noções do realismo grotesco renascentista atualizadas no contexto das imagens midiáticas contemporâneas.
ISSN:1808-5652
1984-7939