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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cardiff :
University of Wales Press,
2012.
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| Series: | Iberian and Latin American studies.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| 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. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource ([xii], 200 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9780708325162 (electronic bk.) 0708325165 (electronic bk.) |