Female representation in the cinema: power and gender in the film Rosario Tijeras

Abstract

This paper argues that the film Rosario Tijeras is a film that can be seen as feminist, Rosario Tijeras is an empowered woman who tells her own story. This considering that the empowerment focused from the feminist movement and gender implies that women’s access equally to the material, intellectual and ideological assets out of which to make decisions about their bodies and their lives, it is understood that no in all cases empowerment occurs positively but can manifest as confrontation with the social structure. In this sense it plays a key role context. Rosario Tijeras lives in a context defined by men, but in the course of history is taking decisions about her body and her live at the cost of their own safety, becoming a transgressor. The analysis is based on: 1. the proposal for Scott, who breaks down the elements of gender identity in this work and function as categories; semiotic analysis based on Cirlot and Tresidder; and 2. The formal through the background description and use of film language analysis.