From the oceans to the screens: investigating the shar's stereotype

Abstract

The author investigates the subject-matter of stereotypes throughout this work, mainly related to sharks. To think and investigate about it, he triggers thoughts on culture, media artifacts, cinema, Cultural Studies, among others, and their causes in our subjectivities and in society. It was also necessary to think on how we human beings relate to other beings in the Animal Kingdom. What are the impacts of using human adjectives  on non-human animals? The work culminates in poster analysis and synopses of Hollywood movies about sharks. It is from his sensations and impressions that the author triggers the studies carried out throughout his trajectory, always thinking about the issue of stereotype and the influence that these images have on our imagination. Finally, he presents us with on the relationships between humans and sharks, and thoughts that encourage us to play with stereotypes (such as animations), break them, erase them.