Remaking Brazil: Contested National Identities in Contemporary Brazilian Cinema - Rilegato

Heise, Tatiana Signorelli

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ISBN 10: 0708325084 ISBN 13: 9780708325087

Casa editrice: Univ of Wales Pr, 2012

Riassunto

Brazil has long been home to a strong and important film industry, and in recent years Brazilian cinema has been drawing growing attention worldwide, with such films as Central Station and City of God receiving international acclaim. Remaking Brazil takes a close look at Brazilian films released between 1995 and 2010, including Elite Squad, Orfeu, The Trespasser, and Almost Brothers, paying special attention to issues of race, ethnicity, and national identity.

Despite increased interest in ethnic and racial aspects of Brazilian society, until now there has been very little academic research on how these aspects are articulated in contemporary cinema. Tatiana Signorelli Heise fills that gap, focusing on the idea of the nation as an &;imagined community&; and considering the various ways in which dominant ideas about brasilidade, or Brazilian national consciousness, are dramatized, supported, or attacked in contemporary fiction and documentary films.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Tatiana Signorelli Heise is professor of Hispanic studies at Manchester University.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Univ of Wales Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0708325084
• ISBN 13: 9780708325087
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 200
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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