Abstract
In this essay, I examine the concept of fetish and how it manifests itself as Brazilian social structures in the theater of Nelson Rodrigues. I offer a particularly detailed study of fetish in Rodrigues’s Os Sete Gatinhos. Here fetish serves to illuminate gender relations and the patriarchal family as a cultural myth to be deconstructed, as well as working to reveal the connections between space, bodies, performativity, and power in Brazilian society.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 30-49 |
| Number of pages | 20 |
| Journal | Journal of Lusophone Studies |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Sep 1 2016 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Language and Linguistics
- History
- Visual Arts and Performing Arts
- Literature and Literary Theory
Keywords
- Brazilian theater
- Gilberto Freyre
- Masquerade
- Modernism
- Psychoanalysis