[Hollywood movies and the production of meanings about nurses].
This article discusses the production of meanings on nurses in Hollywood films. It aimed at studying how these films have depicted nurses, and meanings are built by the stories told. The body of analysis consisted of' Hollywood films, and data were collected according to Rose. The following discourse analysis categories were identified: the nurse as the hospital normalizer, the nurse as a subordinate and low-rank professional, the nurse as villain or hero, and nursing as a feminine profession.
Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul.
Angélica
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Rambor
Maria Henriqueta Luce
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Kruse
D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil; D003469:Culture; D004324:Drama; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006608:Hierarchy, Social; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008913:Minority Groups; D009040:Motion Pictures; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009726:Nurses; D009729:Nursing; D019555:Physician-Nurse Relations; D013240:Stereotyping; D014481:United States