| Brazil Imagined: 1500 to the Present Contributor(s): Sadlier, Darlene J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0292718578 ISBN-13: 9780292718579 Publisher: University of Texas Press OUR PRICE: $39.55 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2008 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Latin America - South America |
| Dewey: 306.420 |
| LCCN: 2008005572 |
| Series: William & Bettye Nowlin Series in Art, History, and Culture |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.9" W x 9" (1.20 lbs) 408 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Latin America - Chronological Period - Modern |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The first comprehensive cultural history of Brazil to be written in English, Brazil Imagined: 1500 to the Present captures the role of the artistic imaginary in shaping Brazil's national identity. Analyzing representations of Brazil throughout the world, this ambitious survey demonstrates the ways in which life in one of the world's largest nations has been conceived and revised in visual arts, literature, film, and a variety of other media. Beginning with the first explorations of Brazil by the Portuguese, Darlene J. Sadlier incorporates extensive source material, including paintings, historiographies, letters, poetry, novels, architecture, and mass media to trace the nation's shifting sense of its own history. Topics include the oscillating themes of Edenic and cannibal encounters, Dutch representations of Brazil, regal constructs, the literary imaginary, Modernist utopias, "good neighbor" protocols, and filmmakers' revolutionary and dystopian images of Brazil. A magnificent panoramic study of race, imperialism, natural resources, and other themes in the Brazilian experience, this landmark work is a boon to the field. |
Contributor Bio(s): Sadlier, Darlene J.: - Darlene J. Sadlier is Professor of Spanish and Portuguese at Indiana University-Bloomington. She is the author of several books on Portuguese and Brazilian literature and culture, most recently Nelson Pereira dos Santos. |