“I am in control of my life”: the male homosexual stereotype in the movies A Navalha na carne (1969) and a Rainha Diaba (1974)

Abstract

“I am in control of my life”: the male homosexual stereotype in the movies A Navalha na Carne (1969) and A Rainha Diaba (1974) — This paper discusses the question of male homosexual stereotyping in Brazilian cinema, taking as the object of study the homosexual characters of the movies A navalha na carne (directed by Braz Chediak, 1970) and A Rainha Diaba (directed by Antonio Carlos da Fontoura, 1974), based on the works of the author Plínio Marcos. Using texts by authors such as Richard Dyer, Robert Stam and Ella Shohat, I defend the need and importance of a historiographical analysis of stereotypes in cinema.