Gay subjectivity, ethical education and recognition from Amarelo manga

Abstract This article conducts an analysis centered on the meanings of the film Amarelo Manga, focusing on the character Dunga and the possibilities of thinking about the production of an ethical learning process for recognition through queer cinema. In this sense, the objective of the article is to analyze how it is possible to construct alternative ethical social learnings through queer cinema in general, and through the analyzed film in particular. The discussion addresses the issue of homophobia and insult as limiting factors for the expression of homosexual desires, subsequently advancing toward the production of gay subjectivities in their potentialities within relationships with subversion, which demands space for a logic of recognition. The article concludes that queer cinema can provide a social learning tool for an ethics of recognition, notably due to its ability to engage those who come into contact with its works.