Space, Identity and Memory: The Place in Once Upon a Time Verônica

Abstract

This paper uses the concepts of identity and memory to understand how the city of Recife (Pernambuco) is represented in the film Once Upon a Time I Verônica (Era Uma Vez Eu, Verônica, Marcelo Gomes, 2012). This film portrays how this city is the locus for the construction of identity and memory for those who experience contemporary urban life. The discourse present in the film is analyzed using a post-modern identities framework of Stuart Hall (2005). The paper also explores the dialectic relationship between identity and memory in narrated preservation of time preservation as formulated by Joël Candau (2011). Finally, the ideas of Yi-Fu Tuan (1983) and Edward Relph (2012) concerning place and experience transforming space into place and interfering with individual identity are used to round out the theoretical framework.

Keywords

• Espaço
• Identidade
• Memória
• Lugar.