Angels and legs: a “circus girl” in the Brazilian artistic imagination

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/vis.v14i1.35555

Abstract

Wherever they go the circus and circus arts have always captured the attention of people in small and large cities. Artists were not indifferent to this influence; it is what reveals the heterogeneous production of circus representations in the field of literature, the visual arts, music etc. This can be understood as a short essay since it is a brief incursion into the Brazilian artistic imagination which presents the first reflections regarding the female circus performer, here, poetically christened, as a "circus girl". It is a symbolic analysis inspired on Nietzsche’s tragic philosophy.

Keywords: Circus, imagination, “circus girl”

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Author Biography

  • Gilmar Rocha (UFF, Brasil), Fluminense Federal University

    Doutor em Antropologia Cultural (IFCS-UFRJ)

    Prof. Departamento de Artes e Estudos Culturais (RAE) e do Programa Pos Graduação Cultura e Territorialidades (PPCULT) da Unversidade Federal Fluminense (UFF)

Published

2016-08-30

How to Cite

ROCHA (UFF, BRASIL), G. Angels and legs: a “circus girl” in the Brazilian artistic imagination. Visualidades, v. 14, n. 1, 30 Aug.2016.