How Brazilian films developed multiple national identities, 1930-2000 the cultural achievement of popular cinema
Introduction. Industry origins -- Cinema and cannibalism -- South of the border: locating a cinematic Brazil. Popular film and cinematic subjectivity -- The chanchada -- Carnaval atlantida: consumer cinema -- Re-assessing the chanchadas -- Girls and samba: the production of a gendered tropicality. O...
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Edwin Mellen Press
2011
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| Zusammenfassung: | Introduction. Industry origins -- Cinema and cannibalism -- South of the border: locating a cinematic Brazil. Popular film and cinematic subjectivity -- The chanchada -- Carnaval atlantida: consumer cinema -- Re-assessing the chanchadas -- Girls and samba: the production of a gendered tropicality. Orfeu from the outside -- The sensuous mulatta -- Carnival and class -- Orfeu's homecoming -- Metamorphosis of the 'mulatta': reconfiguring femininity. Xica da Silva: carnivalesque power and politics -- Carnal carnival: desire and power in Dona Flor -- In defence of the domus: the journey of mothering in Central do Brasil -- Mothers and lovers: the sexualised mother in Eu, tu, eles -- Favela nation: globalisation and the consumption of violence. City of God: carnivorous carnival -- Favela wars? tropa de elite and the legitimacy of violent conflict -- From boys to men: the development of self in Linha de passe -- Antonia: women on the margins -- Conclusion. Introduction. Industry origins -- Cinema and cannibalism -- South of the border: locating a cinematic Brazil. Popular film and cinematic subjectivity -- The chanchada -- Carnaval atlantida: consumer cinema -- Re-assessing the chanchadas -- Girls and samba: the production of a gendered tropicality. Orfeu from the outside -- The sensuous mulatta -- Carnival and class -- Orfeu's homecoming -- Metamorphosis of the 'mulatta': reconfiguring femininity. Xica da Silva: carnivalesque power and politics -- Carnal carnival: desire and power in Dona Flor -- In defence of the domus: the journey of mothering in Central do Brasil -- Mothers and lovers: the sexualised mother in Eu, tu, eles -- Favela nation: globalisation and the consumption of violence. City of God: carnivorous carnival -- Favela wars? tropa de elite and the legitimacy of violent conflict -- From boys to men: the development of self in Linha de passe -- Antonia: women on the margins -- Conclusion |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index -- Includes filmography |
| Beschreibung: | IV, 193 S. Ill. |
| ISBN: | 0773439463 0-7734-3946-3 9780773439467 978-0-7734-3946-7 |