Spirited Away (2001): the improbable encounter between capitalism and the spiritual world, in the light of the Marxist Current
This article aims to analyze the presence of the concepts of capitalism and alienation in Spirited Away (2001) as the film's characters are transformed into workers in a globalized world, thus intertwining a denunciation of consumerism. For this purpose, it was necessary to use the theoretical...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2024 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Universidade Nove de Julho (UNINOVE) |
| Repositorio: | Eccos Revista Científica (Online) |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.periodicos.uninove.br:article/24440 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://periodicos.uninove.br/eccos/article/view/24440 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | corrente marxista alienação capitalismo spirited away (2001) marxist current alienation capitalism spirited away corriente marxista alienación |
| Sumario: | This article aims to analyze the presence of the concepts of capitalism and alienation in Spirited Away (2001) as the film's characters are transformed into workers in a globalized world, thus intertwining a denunciation of consumerism. For this purpose, it was necessary to use the theoretical lenses of Literary Criticism to interpret the scenes and dialogues present in the film. Nevertheless, it was necessary to explore, according to the Marxist Current, the aspects focused on the unrestrained consumerism present in the work, emphasizing alienation and capitalism and highlighting how both are correlated within the feature film. In addition, within this work, it is possible to briefly discuss the theoretical assumptions of the Marxist Current in the essential concepts of capitalism and alienation, as well as to illustrate an alienated capitalist society in the spiritual world of the film. In order to validate these discussions, qualitative exploratory bibliographic research was carried out based on the studies of Suzuki (2009), Eagleton (2002), Tyson (2015). It is concluded that Spirited Away (2001) highlights several dangers of capitalism and alienation, namely, the devaluation of alienated creatures in the bathhouse, the fear of being alienated, and the capitalist society. |
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