Sentidos de feminilidade: as narrativas do ser mulher em “A Star is Born”

Abstract

The concept of femininity refers to the traits, forms, and actions typically associated with women. Based on this concept, this research aims to problematize how these meanings are portrayed in the four versions of the film "A Star is Born" (1937, 1954, 1976, and 2018), considering a historicized perspective of the pieces. To achieve this, the four films will be analyzed with a special focus on the narratives of the female protagonists, followed by a discussion of the results using the "film constellations" methodology proposed by Souto (2020). The objective is to observe how the socio-political changes that occurred over the span of more than eighty years between each version influenced their narrative. Furthermore, this investigation aims to contribute to the discussion on femininity and gender in other cultural objects and to demonstrate the applicability of "film constellations" in similar research endeavors.