| Directory of World Cinema: Brazil Contributor(s): Pinazza, Natália (Editor), Bayman, Louis (Editor) |
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ISBN: 178320009X ISBN-13: 9781783200092 Publisher: Intellect (UK) OUR PRICE: $56.43 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | Film & Video - Performing Arts | Film - General |
| Dewey: 791.430 |
| Series: Ib - Directory of World Cinema |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.6" W x 9.3" (1.10 lbs) 320 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Best known to international audiences for its carnivalesque irreverence and recent gangster blockbusters, Brazilian cinema is gaining prominence with critics, at global film festivals, and on DVD shelves. This volume seeks to introduce newcomers to Brazilian cinema and to offer valuable insights to those already well-versed in the topic. It brings into sharp focus some of the most important movements, genres, and themes from across the eras of Brazilian cinema, from cinema novo to musical chanchada, the road movie to cinema de bordas, avant-garde to pornochanchada. Delving deep beyond the surface of cinema, the volume also addresses key themes such as gender, indigenous and diasporic communities, and Afro-Brazilian identity. Situating Brazilian cinema within the country's changing position in the global capitalist system, the essays consider uneven modernization, class division, dictatorship, liberation struggles, and globalization alongside questions of entertainment and of artistic innovation. |
Contributor Bio(s): Pinazza, Natalia: - Natalia Pinazza is an associate lecturer at Birkbeck College, University of London. Bayman, Louis: - Louis Bayman is a lecturer in film studies at King's College, London. |