Remaking Brazil :: Contested national identities in contemporary Brazilian cinema /

This volume examines Brazilian films released between 1995 and 2010, with special attention to issues of race, ethnicity and national identity. Focusing on the idea of the nation as an 'imagined community', the author discuss the various ways in which dominant ideas about brasilidade (Braz...

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Main Author: Heise, Tatiana Signorelli
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cardiff : University of Wales Press, 2012.
Series:Iberian and Latin American studies.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:This volume examines Brazilian films released between 1995 and 2010, with special attention to issues of race, ethnicity and national identity. Focusing on the idea of the nation as an 'imagined community', the author discuss the various ways in which dominant ideas about brasilidade (Brazilian national consciousness) are dramatised, supported or attacked in contemporary fiction and documentary films.
Physical Description:1 online resource ([xii], 200 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780708325162
0708325165
9781783165292
1783165294