LEADER 04170nam 2200685 450 001 9910828097603321 005 20230126212616.0 010 $a0-292-76098-1 024 7 $a10.7560/760974 035 $a(CKB)3710000000331739 035 $a(EBL)3571825 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001422032 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11868964 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001422032 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11427390 035 $a(PQKB)11573215 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3571825 035 $a(OCoLC)899987651 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse34478 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3571825 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11010511 035 $a(DE-B1597)588366 035 $a(OCoLC)1280945166 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780292760981 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000331739 100 $a20150203h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCinema, slavery, and Brazilian nationalism /$fRichard A. Gordon 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aAustin, Texas :$cUniversity of Texas Press,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (287 p.) 225 1 $aCognitive Approaches to Literature and Culture Series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-292-76097-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- Influencing understandings of Brazilianness in O Aleijadinho: Paixa?o, glo?ria e supli?cio (2000) -- Modeling national identity on religious identity in Cafundo? (2005) -- Multiple, provisional, national identity models in Quilombo (1984) -- Alternative understandings of the national community in Chico Rei (1985) -- Flirting with viewers and precariously rethinking Brazilianness in Xica da Silva (1976). 330 $aA unique contribution to film studies, Richard Gordon?s Cinema, Slavery, and Brazilian Nationalism is the first full-length book on Brazilian films about slavery. By studying Brazilian films released between 1976 and 2005, Gordon examines how the films both define the national community and influence viewer understandings of Brazilianness. Though the films he examines span decades, they all communicate their revised version of Brazilian national identity through a cinematic strategy with a dual aim: to upset ingrained ways of thinking about Brazil and to persuade those who watch the films to accept a new way of understanding their national community. By examining patterns in this heterogeneous group of films, Gordon proposes a new way of delineating how these films attempt to communicate with and change the minds of audience members. Gordon outlines five key aspects that each film incorporates, which describe their shared formula for and role in constructing social identity. These elements include the ways in which the films attempt to create links between the past and the viewers? present and their methods of encouraging viewers to identify with their protagonists, who are often cast as a prototype for the nation. By aligning themselves with this figure, viewers arrive at a definition of their national identity that, while Afrocentric, also promotes racial and ethnic inclusiveness. Gordon?s innovative analysis transcends the context of his work, and his conclusions can be applied to questions of national identity and film across cultures. 410 0$aCognitive approaches to literature and culture series. 606 $aSlavery in motion pictures 606 $aNationalism in motion pictures 606 $aMotion pictures$xPolitical aspects$zBrazil 606 $aMotion pictures$xSocial aspects$zBrazil 615 0$aSlavery in motion pictures. 615 0$aNationalism in motion pictures. 615 0$aMotion pictures$xPolitical aspects 615 0$aMotion pictures$xSocial aspects 676 $a791.43/655 700 $aGordon$b Richard A$g(Richard Allen),$f1969-$01658042 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910828097603321 996 $aCinema, slavery, and Brazilian nationalism$94011823 997 $aUNINA