Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-16T18:10:31Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Andrea.pdf: 848272 bytes, checksum: 62dc9d12e92a89b8282837c4dc1d6815 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-12-18 / This paper proposes the representations of homoerotic practices study in some brazilian movies from through poststructuralist theories. It is intended,therefore,to analyze the construction of characters and homoerotic practices in our cinema through the analysis of six Brazilian films . Judith Butler, for example, proposes to analyze sexuality questions in order to destabilizing categories as female or homosexuality.From the six analyzed movies and the other narratives raised, it was intended to discuss Sexual Diversity issues as discrimination, prejudice, oppression, violence, intending after this work completion, offer a comprehensive and critical view about the representation of homoerotic practices in national cinema and, also, about our society. / O presente trabalho propõe o estudo das representações das práticas homoeróticas em alguns filmes do cinema brasileiro através dos vieses pósestruturalistas. Pretende-se, assim, analisar a construção de personagens e práticas homoeróticas em nosso cinema através da análise de seis longasmetragens brasileiras. A proposta de teóricas como Butler, por exemplo, é analisar a sexualidade de forma questionadora, desestabilizando categorias até então essencializadas como o feminino ou a homossexualidade. A partir, portanto, dos seis longas analisados e das demais narrativas levantadas, pretendeu-se discutir questões caras à Diversidade Sexual na atualidade, isto é, discriminação, preconceito, opressão, violências; intencionando, assim, com a conclusão deste trabalho, oferecer um panorama abrangente e crítico da representação das práticas homoeróticas no cinema nacional e, consequentemente, na nossa sociedade.

The thesis focuses on body image - defines the main characteristics of this area, describes cultural influences and body image history and explains basic quantitative values (Body Mass Index, Waist Hip Ratio, Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis). Furthemore the thesis deals with media influence on body ideal formation process, especially in gay subculture. The research part explores recent situation of body image in gay subculture compared with heterosexual males. This section includes the content analysis of mainstream gay movies which compares media presentation of gays and the real situation and examines media influence on gay body image formation.