Body, dance and identity in contemporary film discourse. Ema (Larrain, 2019) and Ya no estoy aquí (Frias, 2019)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/meso.80607
Keywords: posnarrative cinema, body in cinema, dance, ibero-american cinema

Abstract

Dance is a type of artistic expression that is making its way into many of the current cultural representations: cinema, advertising, video clips... In the new logics of film production characterized by the hybridity and the drive of the performative aspect of the image, we can observe how the musical manifestations and its collective performance through dance leads the stories and the characters with an impoverishment of their living conditions. This article analyzes the Latin American films Ema (Pablo Larraín, 2019) and Ya no estoy aquí (Fernando Frías, 2019), focusing on the visual representation of the body and dance as a strategy of resistance, and a mechanism of appropriation of urban space and subjective construction. We use a methodology of semiotic and sociological analysis coupled with textual and discursive analysis.

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Erendira Damariz Hernandez-Espinoza, Universidad de Guadalajara

Eréndira Damariz Hernández Espinoza (Guadalajara, México, 1990). Máster en Creación Audiovisual y Artes Escénicas por la Universidad de Málaga. Es coordinadora del festival de videoarte y videodanza Muestra Movimiento Audiovisual. Autora de Hacia una experiencia escénica de convergencia, publicado por la revista Ausart de la Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea. Sus líneas de investigación son: danza, cuerpo, ocio y representaciones simbólicas en la cultura contemporánea

Ana Sedeño-Valdellos, Universidad de Málaga

PhD in Audiovisual Communication and Professor in the Department of Audiovisual Communication and Advertising at the University of Malaga (Spain). Her research deals with music in relation to audiovisual media (The language of the video and contemporary film music) and audiovisual practices in the contemporary scene from an historical or educational perspective, with special emphasis on facts art as the VJ, the mapping or videodance. In connection with them she has published several books such as "Language of the music video", "Contemporary Music in Film", "Analysis of contemporary cinema: aesthetic strategies, narrative and staging" or "History of video art in Spain". Some of her articles are publish in several academics reviews.

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Published
2022-12-22
How to Cite
Hernandez-Espinoza E. D. y Sedeño-Valdellos A. (2022). Body, dance and identity in contemporary film discourse. Ema (Larrain, 2019) and Ya no estoy aquí (Frias, 2019). Mediaciones Sociales, 21, e80607. https://doi.org/10.5209/meso.80607
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Vol. 21 (2022)
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