As "mocinhas heroínas" das fotonovelas da revista Capricho/The "Hero Girls" in Capricho Magazine Photo Novel

This article aims to discuss the ways in which women are represented in photo novels published by Capricho magazine between 1950 and 1960, the heyday decades of photo novels in Brazil. The reading of this as well as other women's magazines helped to integrate women in urban society, promoting w...

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Published in:	Estudos feministas Vol. 24; no. 1; p. 295
Main Author:	Miguel, Raquel de Barros Pinto
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	Portuguese
Published:	Florianopolis Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, CFH/CCE - Revista Estudos Feministas 01-01-2016
Subjects:	Females Girls Heroism & heroes Literary criticism Novels Women Women's magazines Womens history Brazil
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Summary:	This article aims to discuss the ways in which women are represented in photo novels published by Capricho magazine between 1950 and 1960, the heyday decades of photo novels in Brazil. The reading of this as well as other women's magazines helped to integrate women in urban society, promoting ways and trends to be followed and copied. To this end, the author analyzed twenty photo novels published in Capricho magazine, underscoring the construction of the image of heroes/girls that served as a models and inspiration for many women readers of Capricho. Thus, this discussion addresses the participation of the photo novels in the construction of subjectivities and certain ways of being a man and being a woman.
ISSN:	0104-026X 1806-9584