| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 203 p.) |
| Contents |
Introduction: re-staging Brazil: 21st century inquiries / by Naomi Pueo Wood -- 21st century Brazilian myths: representations of the nation. How to be a good Brazilian: the image of Brazil in contemporary American cinema / by Gabriela Antunes -- Constructing a new national myth in contemporary Brazilian film / by Carolina Rocha -- Internal contradictions: new Brazilian cinema, documentary film, and telenovelas. Confinement and violence in the streets of new Brazilian cinema / by Aline Frey -- A cosmética da fome: the staging of poverty in recent arts-focused documentary film / by Naomi Pueo Wood -- Centering the margins: the modern favela in the Brazilian telenovela / by Cacilda Rêgo -- Combating social inequalities. Brazil at a socio-cinematic crossroads: state intervention on screen / by Mercedes Vazquez -- Offline dimensions of online favela youth reactions to human rights violations before the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro / by Leonardo Custódio -- The MST and its educational program on the world stage / by Anthony Pahnke -- Conclusion: Gingando e Jogando o Jeito Brasileiro: playing Brazil / by Naomi Pueo Wood |
| Summary |
This volume examines some of the ways that Brazil has been represented and seeks to represent itself in popular media. It looks at social inequalities, racial divisions, and legacies of political restructuring as it illuminates the challenges and opportunities that the nation faces at present and going into preparations for and recovery from the upcoming mega events, both the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Summer Olympics. Drawing on the expertise of scholars in the fields of film and media studies, political science, social movement analysis, and cultural studies this volume features chapters examining the role of stereotyped Brazilian identity and myths of what it means to be Brazilian, the growing interest in favela -- slum -- culture, and sites of resistance in contemporary Brazilian society |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
| Subject |
Motion pictures -- Social aspects -- Brazil -- History -- 21st century
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Motion pictures -- Political aspects -- Brazil -- History -- 21st century
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Documentary films -- Brazil -- History and criticism
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Nationalism in motion pictures.
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Social problems in motion pictures.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Reference.
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Documentary films.
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Motion pictures.
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Motion pictures -- Political aspects.
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Motion pictures -- Social aspects.
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Nationalism in motion pictures.
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Social problems in motion pictures.
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| SUBJECT |
Brazil -- In motion pictures.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh89006735
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| Subject |
Brazil.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Wood, Naomi Pueo, editor of compilation
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| LC no. |
2021678796 |
| ISBN |
9780739186923 |
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0739186922 |
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9781306536691 |
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1306536693 |
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