A figuração dos (des)enlaces afetivos em quatro filmes norte-americanos da Era das Relações Flexíveis de Trabalho (1987-1993)
Journal: Achta Scientiarum Human Social Science
Year: 2012

This essay intends to show a case study of the cultural representation of affective relationships in four American movies on the eve of 1990s, considering USA’s contextual roads to the flexible labor market. The comparative drama approach works to us as a way of analyzing cultural expectations and values through movie discourses. As we know, movies can do judgments, (re)presentations and/or propositions on specific contexts and institutions, exposing their values, behaviors, thoughts, dreams and