TY - JOUR AU - Carlucci, Fernando Valenzuela PY - 2019/10/01 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Gender and Perspective in Scarlet Street JF - Revista PHILIA | Filosofia, Literatura & Arte JA - PHILIA VL - 1 IS - 2 SE - Artigos DO - 10.22456/2596-0911.93026 UR - https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/philia/article/view/93026 SP - 297 - 318 AB - <p>This paper presents an interpretation of the 1945 forbidden film <em>Scarlet Street</em> in a way so as to touch the problem of gender in <em>film noir</em>. Firstly, I give an ac-count of <em>film noir</em>, agreeing with Robert Pippin’s argument concerning film genres. Then, I claim that time and repetition, irony and hierarchy, art and per-spective constitute the core subjects explored in Scarlet Street. Furthermore, I try to connect all the subjects into a single one. My point is to show how art, perspective, time, repetition, irony and hierarchy are articulated in the main character’s gender identity. Finally, I suggest there is a deep connection be-tween the movie’s character constitution and Cavell’s understanding of gender and agency.</p><p><strong>Keywords:</strong> Film. Gender. Psychoanalysis. Cavell. Freud.<em></em></p> ER -