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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825058403321

Titolo

Brazil in twenty-first century popular media : culture, politics, and nationalism on the world stage / / edited by Naomi Pueo Wood

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-7391-8692-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (221 p.)

Disciplina

791.43/65881066

Soggetti

Motion pictures - Social aspects - Brazil - History - 21st century

Motion pictures - Political aspects - Brazil - History - 21st century

Documentary films - Brazil - History and criticism

Nationalism in motion pictures

Social problems in motion pictures

Brazil In motion pictures

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: "Re-Staging Brazil: Twenty-first Century Inquiries"; "Twenty-first Century Brazilian Myths: Representations of the Nation"; 2 How to be a good Brazilian: The Image of Brazil in Contemporary American Cinema; 3 Constructing a New National Myth in Contemporary Brazilian Film; "Internal Contradictions: New Brazilian Cinema, Documentary Film, and Telenovelas"; 4 Confinement and Violence in the Streets of New Brazilian Cinema; 5 A Cosmética da Fome: The Staging of Poverty in Recent Arts-Focused Documentary Film

6 Centering the Margins: The Modern Favela in the Brazilian TelenovelaCombating Social Inequalities; 7 Brazil at a Socio-Cinematic Crossroads: State Intervention on Screen; 8 Offline Dimensions of Online Favela Youth Reactions to Human Rights Violations before the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro; 9 The MST and its Educational Program on the World Stage; 10 Conclusion: "Gingando e Jogando, o Jeito Brasileiro: Playing Brazil"; Index; Contributors



Sommario/riassunto

This volume situates the field of Brazilian studies firmly in the twenty-first century as the nation confronts growing social discontent and global intrigue in light of the 2014 World Cup soccer tournament. The contributors ground their research in twentieth-century social challenges and advances but focus primarily on the questions that the nation and interested researchers must confront today regarding social inequality, sustained social movements, and exportable stereotypes and myths.