This thesis explores professional wrestling as a cultural medium, a form of theater/soap opera that provides psychological and sociological releases for its viewing audience. Research methodology includes participant-observation and content analysis. Findings suggest that professional wrestling provides various types of emotional outlets for its viewing audience by allowing the participants to form social groups that include specific cultural elements as well as social support. Gender differences, violence in society, social groups, and crossing racial and income barriers are also examined.

This thesis aimed to report on the qualitative research conducted which identified the role played by international television soap operas in identity formation and cultural change in relation to Kurdish women. Currently, Kurdish women live in a cultural context where traditional values often conflict with modern values when it comes to behaviour deemed appropriate for their gender. Through the impact of international television soap operas, Kurdish women come to identify themselves as being 'traditional' while at the same time they attempt to integrate non-traditional beliefs into their value system. This study looked at the relationship between Kurdish women's exposure to international television, soap operas and consumerism, as well as the problems which they create in terms of non-Western women's identity formation. This thesis has documented the lives and experiences of 21 female Kurdish participants, aged between 18 and 40, through in-depth interviews and observations. The thesis assumes that the views recorded are representative of the general viewpoint of viewers of the international soaps. Open-ended, in-depth interviews about women were used to explore viewing habits and preferences for various soaps. This thesis incorporates and expresses the ideas which were recorded with regards to the accepted 'typical' characteristics of men and 4 women - it is these characteristics which play an important role in selfformation. It became evident that these women had incorporated values from the traditional Kurdish culture and the modern way of life. The Kurdish women cannot be said to have a 'modernist' outlook on gender-appropriate behaviour, as they are still endemically entrenched in traditional Kurdistan worldviews. The qualitative research analysed the level in which the soap operas act as a kind of medium between the values of modernity and those of tradition. This study, in addition, demonstrates the appeal that soap operas can have on the norms, and other aspects, in the Kurdistan Region, and therefore illustrates that the soaps have an active role as a mechanism of change in Kurdistan. Thus, the research demonstrates the power of the soap operas and their effects on the Kurdish people in this region. Furthermore, this research explored the current media environment in the Kurdistan Region by reviewing the dependency of Kurdish viewers, and the Kurdish television channels, on foreign and imported television programmes into the region.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-26T18:15:09Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Pablo Turbuk Garran.pdf: 395259 bytes, checksum: e891dc090de60881b352a8fbb3c747ab (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-06-16 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / This research aimed to analyze how the soap operas, as mass communication tools, operationalize and interfere in the constitution of society cultural repertoire, from the soap opera "Amor à Vida", displayed on Rede Globo Television in the period from 05/20/2013 to 01/31/2014. At the first stage we trace a brief history of soap opera as a language, its origins in literature and oral narrative and its interface with the cinema; in a second moment, we examine the role of the soap opera as mass diffuser vehicle, its contradictions and the soap opera as a product and in the third moment we discussed the use of image features such as communication strategies, approaching: photography, lighting, sets, costumes, makeup, camera angles, cuts, scenes duration, among other elements. We work with communication theories developed by Gabriel Tarde, as well as with other authors that contribute to the formulation of this analysis, as Propp. For the analysis of the soap opera, the work with documentary research was chosen because of the basis of this research occur from primary written sources, in other words, without analytic treatment, such as newspapers, magazines and websites / Essa pesquisa teve como objetivo analisar como as telenovelas, enquanto instrumentos de comunicação de massa, operacionalizam e interferem na constituição do repertório cultural da sociedade, a partir da telenovela Amor à Vida , exibida pela Rede Globo de Televisão no período de a 20/05/2013 a 31/01/2014. Num primeiro momento traçamos um breve histórico da novela enquanto linguagem, suas origens na literatura e na narrativa oral e sua interface com o cinema; num segundo, examinamos o papel da telenovela enquanto veículo difusor de massa, suas contradições e a telenovela enquanto produto e no terceiro momento tratamos do uso dos recursos de imagem como estratégias de comunicação, abordando: fotografia, iluminação, cenários, figurino, maquiagem, tomada de câmera, cortes, duração de cenas, entre outros elementos. Trabalhamos com as teorias de comunicação desenvolvidas por Gabriel Tarde, assim como com outros autores que contribuem para a formulação desta análise, como Propp. Para a análise da telenovela, o trabalho com pesquisa documental foi a opção em virtude da base desta investigação se dar a partir das fontes escritas primárias, ou seja, ainda sem tratamento analítico, como por exemplo jornais, revistas e sites

This thesis aimed to report on the qualitative research conducted which identified the role played by international television soap operas in identity formation and cultural change in relation to Kurdish women. Currently, Kurdish women live in a cultural context where traditional values often conflict with modern values when it comes to behaviour deemed appropriate for their gender. Through the impact of international television soap operas, Kurdish women come to identify themselves as being ¿traditional¿ while at the same time they attempt to integrate non-traditional beliefs into their value system. This study looked at the relationship between Kurdish women¿s exposure to international television, soap operas and consumerism, as well as the problems which they create in terms of non-Western women¿s identity formation. This thesis has documented the lives and experiences of 21 female Kurdish participants, aged between 18 and 40, through in-depth interviews and observations. The thesis assumes that the views recorded are representative of the general viewpoint of viewers of the international soaps. Open-ended, in-depth interviews about women were used to explore viewing habits and preferences for various soaps. This thesis incorporates and expresses the ideas which were recorded with regards to the accepted ¿typical¿ characteristics of men and 4 women ¿ it is these characteristics which play an important role in selfformation. It became evident that these women had incorporated values from the traditional Kurdish culture and the modern way of life. The Kurdish women cannot be said to have a ¿modernist¿ outlook on gender-appropriate behaviour, as they are still endemically entrenched in traditional Kurdistan worldviews. The qualitative research analysed the level in which the soap operas act as a kind of medium between the values of modernity and those of tradition. This study, in addition, demonstrates the appeal that soap operas can have on the norms, and other aspects, in the Kurdistan Region, and therefore illustrates that the soaps have an active role as a mechanism of change in Kurdistan. Thus, the research demonstrates the power of the soap operas and their effects on the Kurdish people in this region. Furthermore, this research explored the current media environment in the Kurdistan Region by reviewing the dependency of Kurdish viewers, and the Kurdish television channels, on foreign and imported television programmes into the region.

The thesis analyzes the instruments of gender stereotypes reproduction and gender identity construction in Czech TV series Dokonalý svět. Is the media content gendered? With which instruments of gender stereotypes reproduction and gender identity construction is TV viewer confronted and on which levels? I use the theory of social construction of reality, the theory of the lenses of gender or the characters and narrative structure of the TV series (soup opera) to come to a conclusion. The thesis focuses on the fact that Dokonalý svět does not only reflect the stereotypes on the other hand. It confronts the standard gender orders by the comic character. The comedy character ridicules some gender stereotypes and shakes their social status.

Esta pesquisa tem como objetivo analisar a representação das representações das relações raciais na telenovela brasileira. As tramas selecionadas para a realização deste estudo são: \"Da Cor do Pecado\", \"A lua me disse\" e \"Páginas da Vida\", todas exibidas pela Rede Globo de Televisão. Por meio de alguns recursos dos estudos de recepção, analisamos os diálogos das personagens envolvidas nos conflitos raciais, e a leitura desses diálogos realizada pelos estudantes universitários entrevistados no Brasil e em Angola. / This research has the intention to analyze the reception of racial relations presented in the brazilian soap opera. The soap operas chosen for supporting this research are \"Da Cor do Pecado\", \"A lua me disse\" and \"Páginas da Vida\". All of them broadcasted by Globo Channel. Using some resources of the study of reception, we analyze the dialogs of the characters involved in the racial conflicts, and the reading of those dialogs realized by university students interviewed in Brazil and Angola.

Mulheres Apaixonadas: a imagem da mulher contemporânea na telenovela analisa o primeiro capítulo da novela Mulheres Apaixonadas, escrito por Manuel Carlos e exibido pela Rede Globo de televisão no dia dezessete de fevereiro de 2003. A linha teórica que baliza a pesquisa é a teoria semiótica de linha francesa, desenvolvida por A. J. Greimas e seus discípulos. A dissertação se divide em duas partes. A primeira parte é composta por sete capítulos resultantes das análises dos principais núcleos temáticofigurativos do texto. Nela se observa como as histórias das personagens se articulam e produzem certos efeitos de sentido que as posicionam como existentes em um mundo parecido com a realidade de quem assiste. As escolhas narrativas e discursivas mostram-se como delimitadoras dos papéis que cada mulher dessa trama assume, desencadeando, portanto, o fio condutor dos seus percursos. A segunda parte do trabalho é dedicada ao sincretismo de linguagens, já que esta é a base de um texto televisivo. Trataremos dos efeitos de sentido criados pelas imagens e também das relações semi-simbólicas estabelecidas entre os elementos do plano da expressão e do plano de conteúdo. No conjunto, a dissertação mostra como a telenovela representa as mulheres no início do século XXI e quais mecanismos discursivos manipulam o telespectador a querer acompanhar a novela. / Women in love: the contemporary woman image in the soap opera comes to analyse the first chapter of Women in love (Mulheres Apaixonadas) written by Manuel Carlos and Tv-broadcasted by Rede Globo, on February seventeenth of 2003. The theoretical line that edges the research is the semiotic French line theory developed by A. J. Greimas and his disciples. The dissertation is divided in two parts. The first one is compounded by seven chapters resulted of analysises from the main figurative thematic nucleus of the text. You can observe in it how the stories of the characters are articulated and produce certain effects of sense that are arranged in a world like the viewers own reality. The chosen narratives and discursive talks reveal in what way they delimit the roles that each woman is assuming in the plot, threading their way through their journeys. The second part of this work is dedicated to the syncretism of languages since it is the basis of a broadcasting tv-text. We will work on the effects of sense produced by images and also from semi-symbolic relations established among the elements of the expression plan and the contents plan. In all, the dissertation shows in what manner the tvsoap opera represents women in the beginning of XXI century and which discursive mechanisms manipulate the desire of the viewer to watch the show.

A temática deste estudo tem como investigação a sociologia da moda a partir da telenovela brasileira Avenida Brasil, que pode ser considerada um estudo de caso onde demonstra a forma de consumo das camadas periféricas da sociedade. A Moda tem sido alvo de reflexões e estudos de alguns filósofos, economistas, sociólogos e psicólogos durante os últimos três séculos. As contribuições da sociologia para o estudo da moda podem ser divididas em dois períodos: o primeiro a partir do final do século XIX à primeira metade do século XX, onde autores como Spencer, Simmel, Tarde e Veblen, publicaram livros e ensaios que contêm esclarecedoras hipóteses deste fenômeno social complexo. O segundo período estende-se desde os anos cinquenta do século passado até os dias atuais e apresentam trabalhos de estudiosos que ao lado de observações intuitivas também contêm pesquisas sobre o fenômeno da moda. Esta pesquisa visa traçar argumentos sobre o fenômeno da moda a partir de alguns filósofos conhecidos (de Kant a Rousseau, de Nietzsche a Benjamin) e na área da sociologia igualmente considerados (de Tarde para Blumer, Baudrillard Spencer, Simmel e Crane). Uma antologia que parte também, de alguns textos traduzidos pela primeira vez do italiano, oferecendo uma visão das teorias sociológicas sobre a difusão da moda e suas características fundamentais / The theme of this study is to research the sociology of fashion from Avenue Brazil Brazilian soap opera, which can be considered a case study which demonstrates how to use the peripheral layers of society. The fashion has been the subject of studies and reflections of some philosophers, economists, sociologists and psychologists over the last three centuries. The contributions of sociology to the study of fashion can be divided into two periods: the first from the late nineteenth century to the first half of the twentieth century, where authors like Spencer, Simmel, Tarde and Veblen, published books and essays containing enlightening hypotheses of this complex social phenomenon. The second period extends from the fifties of the last century to the present day and present works of scholars who with intuitive observations to also contain research on the phenomenon of fashion. This research aims to outline arguments about the phenomenon of fashion from some well-known philosophers (Kant to Rousseau, Nietzsche Benjamin) and in sociology also considered (Afternoon to Blumer, Baudrillard Spencer, Simmel and Crane). An anthology that also part of some translated for the first time the Italian texts, offering a vision of sociological theories on the diffusion of fashion and its key features

[pt] A dissertação pretende demonstrar que a telenovela Roque Santeiro pode ser vista como uma forma eletrônica das antigas festas saturnais romanas e como um desfile de carnaval eletrônico. Roque Santeiro, escrita por Dias Gomes e apresentada pela Rede Globo de Televisão, em 1985, seria uma glorificação da vida e da morte, além de ser uma discussão sobre o mito e sua necessidade na sociedade contemporânea. Pretende ainda demonstrar que Dias Gomes foi, acima de tudo, inclusive de sua alardeada opção política pelos desfavorecidos, um escritor que não fazia concessões no seu texto. O presente trabalho tem como base teórica os conceitos formulados por Bakhtin quanto à carnavalização. / [en] This dissertation intends to demonstrate in what way the Brazilian soap opera ROQUE SANTEIRO can be viewed as an electronic standard of the ancient Roman Saturn Parties. It can be viewed yet as an electronic carnival parade, as well. ROQUE SANTEIRO, written by Dias Gomes, and broadcasted by Rede Globo in 1985, highlights a kind of glorification of life and death. Besides, it analyses the discussion about myths and their role in a modern society. This work deals yet with Dias Gomes itself, and how he was, above all, a writer who had strong political positions, most of them to benefit the poor people. Moreover, he was a writer who didn`t make exceptions in his texts and plays. The study is based on concepts and theories by Bakhtin, related to carnavalização.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-10-13T14:10:23Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Marcela Bezelga Francfort Ankerkrone.pdf: 1809207 bytes, checksum: 467e1c79752d9ddad75882956ad3dfd2 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-03-26 / This research aims to investigate the representation of the plus size women in fashion and Brazilian soap opera, as well as its reinterpretation in building the women s identity and consumer habits. The proposed research problem argues over the relationship of the plus size women with fashion and its perception of female representation in the Brazilian soap opera, exploring the understanding of the interviewees with regard to the construction of their own identities. We determined as the primary research focus the analysis of the of plus size women with the beauty standards established culturally and socially. In order to solve the research problem, we used theoretical bibliography review from authors that discuss about corporeality, such as Nízia Villaça, Tania Hoff, Erving Goffman, Mary Del Priore, among others; for communication and soap opera, we review authors like Maria Aparecida Baccega, Maria Immacolata Vassalo de Lopes, Marcia Tondato, etc; for fashion Carol Garcia, Diana Crane and Gilles Lipovetsky; for consumption Don Slater, Mary Douglas and Baron Isherwood; and with regards to identity authors like Tomaz Tadeu da Silva and Stuar Hall. The methodological approach made was the use of qualitative in-depth interviews. The survey universe consisted by women between 20 and 45 years old, residents of the city of Sao Paulo, which were engaged in remunerated activity and watch soap operas. / Esta pesquisa tem como tema as representações da mulher plus size na moda e na telenovela brasileira e suas ressignificações na construção da identidade dessa mulher e nos seus hábitos de consumo de moda. O problema de pesquisa proposto questiona a relação da mulher plus size com a moda e sua percepção das representações femininas nas telenovelas brasileiras e qual a leitura que as entrevistadas fazem disso para a construção de suas identidades. Determinamos como objetivo de pesquisa principal a análise da relação das mulheres plus size com os padrões de beleza estabelecidos cultural e socialmente. Para responder ao problema de pesquisa utilizamos como aporte teórico autores que discorrem sobre corporeidade como Nízia Villaça, Tania Hoff, Erving Goffman, Mary Del Priore, entre outros; sobre comunicação e telenovela como Maria Aparecida Baccega, Maria Immacolata Vassalo de Lopes, Marcia Tondato, etc; sobre moda como Carol Garcia, Diana Crane e Gilles Lipovetsky; sobre consumo como Don Slater, Mary Douglas e Baron Isherwood; e sobre identidade como Tomaz Tadeu da Silva e Stuar Hall. A abordagem metodológica que faremos será a das entrevistas qualitativas em profundidade. O universo pesquisado será formado por mulheres entre 20 e 45 anos, moradoras da cidade de São Paulo, que exerçam atividade remunerada e assistam a telenovelas.