Mulher na moda: recepção e identidade feminina nos editoriais de moda da revista Elle

Abstract

Having the general objective of investigating the phenomenon of mediatization in fashion considering, more specifically, the reception of the fashion editorials of the magazine Elle, understanding of the construction of a model of a fashionable woman in this product is sought as well as the uses made of this model, the meanings taken and appropriations made by the magazines readers, mediated by the female identity. To deal with the specifics of the problem/object being studied, the concept of mediatization is examined and various theoretical aspects to the comprehension of the product are considered (meaning effects field, reading contract, address modes, magazine language) as well as some for reception (reception, mediation, consumption, female identity). Concerning methodological strategies, in the product investigation a corpus consisting of three editorials from the magazine Elle was used, with the proposals of femininity constituted in these in relation to fashion being examined. With regard to reception