Ethology, Anthropology and cinema: an ethnography of violence in Straw Dogs

Authors

  • Mauricio Rodrigues de Souza Universidade Federal do Pará; Faculdade de Psicologia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0103-65642009000400008

Keywords:

Aggressiveness, Human ethology, Anthropology, Cinema

Abstract

This article is as an attempt to comprehend the phenomenon of aggression in its multiple aspects. In such a task we will take into account the theoretical references of Ethology and Social Anthropology. In order to better illustrate the ideas exposed here, cinema will be used as an ethnographical resource. Therefore, some parts of the movie Straw Dogs (1971) are going to be analyzed in more details.

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Published

2009-12-01

How to Cite

Ethology, Anthropology and cinema: an ethnography of violence in Straw Dogs. (2009). Psicologia USP, 20(4), 619-637. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0103-65642009000400008