Cinema, eurocentrism and history: (re)building colonial myths and conceptions through Hollywood films

  • Plábio Marcos Martins Desidério University of Brasília
  • Dernival Venâncio Ramos Júnior University of Brasília
  • Augusto César Ferreira Barbosa Universidade de Brasília.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/meso.70076
Keywords: eurocentrism; Hamitic theory; Hollywood cinema; European thinking.

Abstract

This article puts into question the relationship between eurocentrism and filmmaking in the Hollywood mainstream cinema. Using drawing from post-colonial and decolonial studies, this work proposed to link the Hamitic theory to mainstream movies. It starts from a premise underlying such filmmaking (that non-European and non-Western civilizations would be unable per se of producing a meaningful culture for humanity) to reveal that explicit discourses permeating the plots vehicle a European thinking matrix.

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Plábio Marcos Martins Desidério, University of Brasília

Professor do colegiado de História e do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Estudos de Cultura e Território da Universidade Federal do Tocantins. Doutor em Comunicação pela Universidade de Brasília.

Dernival Venâncio Ramos Júnior, University of Brasília

é professor do Colegiado de História e do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Estudos de Cultura e Território da Universidade Federal do Tocantins. Doutor em História pela Universidade de Brasília.

Augusto César Ferreira Barbosa, Universidade de Brasília.

Graduado em História pela Universidade Federal do Tocantins. Atualmente é mestrando pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação – ProfHistória da Universidade Federal do Tocantins. Atua como professor da rede pública de ensino.

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Published
2020-09-08
How to Cite
Desidério, P. M. M., Júnior, D. V. R., & Barbosa, A. C. F. (2020). Cinema, eurocentrism and history: (re)building colonial myths and conceptions through Hollywood films. Mediaciones Sociales, 19, e70076. https://doi.org/10.5209/meso.70076
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Vol. 19 (2020)
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