Se eu fosse você: liminal spaces of gender and sexuality

The body swap comedy is a privileged genre for investigating norms related to gender and sexuality in popular culture. This article explores these norms through the close analysis of the film Se eu fosse você (Daniel Filho, 2006), using Mikhail Bakhtin’s thesis on the carnivalesque and Judith Butle...

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Main Author:	Roberta Gregoli
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Universidade de São Paulo 2021-01-01
Series:	Significação: Revista de Cultura Audiovisual
Subjects:	Globochanchada Neochanchada Gender Sexuality Carnivalesque Performativity
Online Access:	https://www.revistas.usp.br/significacao/article/view/160524

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spelling	doaj-6e4b9b5cb9aa413ba62a8378e24e77252021-08-05T03:57:56Zeng Universidade de São PauloSignificação: Revista de Cultura Audiovisual1516-43302316-71142021-01-014855Se eu fosse você: liminal spaces of gender and sexualityRoberta Gregoli0University of Oxford The body swap comedy is a privileged genre for investigating norms related to gender and sexuality in popular culture. This article explores these norms through the close analysis of the film Se eu fosse você (Daniel Filho, 2006), using Mikhail Bakhtin’s thesis on the carnivalesque and Judith Butler’s theory of gender performativity. Despite the film’s overall strong conservative framework, it is argued that just as revealing as what the film tries to regulate is what it exposes: double standards, failures in the heteronormative matrix, and disruptive sex acts and gendered behavior. https://www.revistas.usp.br/significacao/article/view/160524GlobochanchadaNeochanchadaGenderSexualityCarnivalesquePerformativity
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title	Se eu fosse você: liminal spaces of gender and sexuality
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description	The body swap comedy is a privileged genre for investigating norms related to gender and sexuality in popular culture. This article explores these norms through the close analysis of the film Se eu fosse você (Daniel Filho, 2006), using Mikhail Bakhtin’s thesis on the carnivalesque and Judith Butler’s theory of gender performativity. Despite the film’s overall strong conservative framework, it is argued that just as revealing as what the film tries to regulate is what it exposes: double standards, failures in the heteronormative matrix, and disruptive sex acts and gendered behavior.
topic	Globochanchada Neochanchada Gender Sexuality Carnivalesque Performativity
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Se eu fosse você: liminal spaces of gender and sexuality

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