Brazilian telenovelas and the myth of racial democracy [[electronic resource] /] / Samantha Nogueira Joyce

• Autore: Joyce Samantha Nogueira <1976->
• Pubblicazione: Lanham, : Lexington Books, 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (137 p.)
• Disciplina: 791.45/652996
• Soggetto topico: Television soap operas - Brazil - History and criticism; Television soap operas - Social aspects - Brazil; Black people on television
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Chapter One: Episode 1; Chapter Two: Black Flows; Chapter Three: "My Little Whitey," "My Big, Delicious Negro"; Chapter Four: Deu no Blogão! (It Was in the Big Blog!); Chapter Five: Duas Caras as a New Approach to Social Merchandising; Chapter Six: Conclusions; Bibliography; Index; About the Author
• Sommario/riassunto: Samantha Nogueira Joyce's Brazilian Telenovelas and the Myth of Racial Democracy traces the representations of Afro-Brazilians on television, culminating with the telenovela Duas Caras (2007-2008), and reveals how telenovelas contribute to social change in ways that have not been fully explored in previous scholarship. It also provides a comparative analysis between the representation of Blacks in Brazil and in the United States while it tracks the dynamic process thr
• Titolo autorizzato: Brazilian telenovelas and the myth of racial democracy
• ISBN: 1-280-66652-8; 9786613643452; 0-7391-6965-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910789936303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Critical studies in television.