The performances of everyday life, memory and gender in the documentary Kátia

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https://doi.org/10.19132/1807-8583202253.125342

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documentary, performance, memory , everyday life, gender

Abstract

Kátia is a documentary about Kátia Tapety, the first transvestite elected to a political office in Brazil. She was a councilor three times and deputy mayor (2004-2008), an exceptional situation in the country that kills the most transgender people and transvestites in the world. Due to understand how the film builds Kátia’s life story, we start from the hypothesis that performance and memory constitute the foundation through which it is possible to access her as a character. For this, the analysis focuses on the interpretation of the immanent filmic components that allow the identification of these two instances, with theoretical support related to performance studies. Through the narrative elements provided by the film, the text sheds light on the protagonist’s subjectivity and reveals that individual memories can present a more collective character. This movement allows the film to go beyond crystallized and reductive imaginaries about issues related to sexual orientation and gender identity that still insistently circulate in our society.

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Published

2022-12-07

How to Cite

Silva, G. S. da, and J. J. Alves-Silva. “The Performances of Everyday Life, Memory and Gender in the Documentary Kátia”. Intexto, no. 53, Dec. 2022, p. 125342, doi:10.19132/1807-8583202253.125342.

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