Selma takes care of others: the care for the self in Dancer in the Dark

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  • Marcelo Carvalho da Silva Escola de Comunicação da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (ECO / UFRJ)

Keywords:

Care for the self. Dancer in the Dark (Film). Subjectivity. Platão. Cinema.

Abstract

This article aims to find traces of the greek notion of “care for the self” (epiméleia heautoû, in Plato and via Michel Foucault) analyzing Selma’s trajectory in the film Dancer in the Dark, by Lars von Trier. The intention is to build an alternative to the discussions that connect this filmmaker to the subject of “guilt”, seeking in Selma’s processes of subjectivity responses to the impasse she had experienced. The “care for the self” would determine Selma’s existence, and guilt would merely be an accessory of origin.

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Author Biography

Marcelo Carvalho da Silva, Escola de Comunicação da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (ECO / UFRJ)

Doutorando da Escola de Comunicação da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (ECO / UFRJ), onde desenvolve pesquisa com apoio de bolsa do CNPq. Membro do grupo de pesquisa Imagem/Tempo do Programa Transdisciplinar de Estudos Avançados da UFRJ. Mestre em Comunicação e Cultura (ECO-UFRJ). Especialista em Arte e Filosofia pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio) e em Comunicação para o Terceiro Setor pela Universidade Cândido Mendes do Rio de Janeiro (Ucam). Graduado em Comunicação Social (em Cinema e em Jornalismo) pela Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF).

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Published

2012-12-23

How to Cite

DA SILVA, M. C. Selma takes care of others: the care for the self in Dancer in the Dark. Em Questão, Porto Alegre, v. 18, n. 2, p. 183–197, 2012. Disponível em: https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/EmQuestao/article/view/26869. Acesso em: 25 jun. 2025.

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Vol. 18 No. 2 (2012)

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Copyright (c) 2012 Marcelo Carvalho da Silva

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