Abstract
This paper analyses two Brazilian television series, namely Sexo e as Negas and Mister Brau. The first one portrays the intimacy of four black women from the slums, highlighting their sexuality. The other series, called Mister Brau, had as its main theme the social ascension of a couple who acquired fame from popular music. Both shows address intersectional issues such as race, social class, and gender, which require a non-essentialist perspective that values interactions between media and society. The main question is: what tensions and contradictions can we apprehend in these series’ content, relatively, regarding the discursive lines about racial and gender issues? The shows have people of African descent as their protagonists, however, discursive lines associated with subordination are reproduced, though not without resistance.
Keywords:
TV series; Mister Brau; Sexo e as Negas; racial identity; discursive disputes