Entre estereótipos, transgressões e lugares comuns: notas sobre a pornochanchada no cinema brasileiro

Authors

  • Marcel de Almeida Freitas

Keywords:

Pornochanchada. Brazilian cinema. Mass culture.

Abstract

The Pornochanchada style was one of the cars heads of the decade of 1970. The style acquired this name for combining erotism with a little bit of comedy. The thick one of the production came of 'Boca-do-Lixo' in São Paulo city, region known for its boîtes and brothels. These were films of low cost and high yield and attract thousand of spectators. It was the pornochanchada one that it launched Vera Fischer to the star system (in “A Superfêmea”). Actresses as Sônia Braga had also been in the cast of these productions. The greater ídolo of this type of film was David Cardoso, archetype of 'Brazilian macho', whose presence was signal of guaranteed profit. Between some titles of the pornochanchada, are the unusual ones “19 Mulheres e Um Homem”, “Deu Viado na Cabeça”. Therefore, this article searchs to be a contribution for the Psychology and the Anthropology of the Cinema.

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Published

2008-04-20

How to Cite

Freitas, M. de A. “Entre estereótipos, Transgressões E Lugares Comuns: Notas Sobre a Pornochanchada No Cinema Brasileiro”. Intexto, no. 10, Apr. 2008, pp. 65-91, https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/intexto/article/view/3639.

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