Brazil, the United States, and the Good Neighbor Policy : the triumph of persuasion during World War II /

"In Brazil, the United States, and the Good Neighbor Policy: The Triumph of Persuasion during World War II, Alexandre Busko Valim studies the use of cinema in Brazil as an instrument of political persuasion by the United States during the period of the so-called Good Neighbor Policy during Worl...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Valim, Alexandre Busko (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2019]
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The Brazilian division : the office's arrival in Brazil
  • Allies must have friendly attitudes : propaganda, opportunities, and profit
  • "The show must go on" : the good neighborhood cinema gets to the countryside
  • Nodding at extraordinary movies : good neighborhood cinema greatest hits
  • Hunting with the best hounds : the cinema projects of the office in Brazil
  • More dramatic than any fiction : the multiple frontiers explored by the good neighborhood cinema
  • Conclusion.