The Pathway of Black Swan: Violence and Construction of the Subject

• Autor: Gómez Cardeña, Sophia
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2019
• Institución: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Repositorio: Revistas - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/21537
• Enlace del recurso: http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/conexion/article/view/21537
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Black Swan; Structural violence; Symbolic violence; Motherhood; Body; Recognition; El cisne negro; Violencia estructural; Violencia simbólica; Maternidad; Cuerpo; Reconocimiento

The aim of this paper is to analyze the film Black Swan (2011), directed by Darren Aronofsky, in order to understand the identity construction of a subject crossed by multiple violence: Nina, the ballet dancer. For this purpose, the analysis will focus on the relationship of the following concepts: the processes of recognition, the dynamics of power and violence, and the experience of motherhood. It is concluded that Nina’s character suffers a double violence. The first one is linked to a patriarchal scheme of structural violence towards women and the feminine and the second one is related to an intimate and symbolic violence: the fusion and lack of recognition of her as a human being separated from her mother.