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| Author | : David William Foster |
| Publisher | : University of Texas Press |
| Total Pages | : 188 |
| Release | : 2010-06-28 |
| Genre | : Performing Arts |
| ISBN | : 0292789165 |
Download Gender and Society in Contemporary Brazilian Cinema Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
"Gender is an absolute ground zero for most human societies," writes David William Foster, "an absolute horizon of social subjectivity." In this book, he examines gender issues in thirteen Brazilian films made (with one exception) after the 1985 return to constitutional democracy and elimination of censorship to show how these issues arise from and comment on the sociohistorical reality of contemporary Brazilian society. Foster organizes his study around three broad themes: construction of masculinity, constructions of feminine and feminist identities, and same-sex positionings and social power. Within his discussions of individual films ranging from Jorge um brasileiro to A hora da estrela to Beijo no asfalto, he offers new ways of understanding national ideals and stereotypes, sexual dissidence (homoeroticism and transgenderism), heroic models, U.S./Brazilian relations, revolutionary struggle, and human rights violations. As the first study of Brazilian cinematic representations of gender ideology in English or Portuguese, this book will be important reading in film and cultural studies.
| Author | : Tatiana Signorelli Heise |
| Publisher | : University of Wales Press |
| Total Pages | : 214 |
| Release | : 2012-07-15 |
| Genre | : Art |
| ISBN | : 0708325165 |
Download Remaking Brazil Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
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.
| Author | : Antônio Márcio da Silva |
| Publisher | : Springer |
| Total Pages | : 243 |
| Release | : 2017-08-12 |
| Genre | : Performing Arts |
| ISBN | : 331948267X |
Download Space and Subjectivity in Contemporary Brazilian Cinema Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This collection explores the emergence of new spatialities and subjectivities in Brazilian films produced from the 1990s onwards, a period that became known as the retomada, but especially in the cinema of the new millennium. The chapters take spatiality as a powerful tool that can reveal aesthetic, political, social, and historical meanings of the cinematographic image instead of considering space as just a formal element of a film. From the rich cross-fertilization of different theories and disciplines, this edited collection engages with the connection between space and subjectivity in Brazilian cinema while raising new questions concerning spatiality and subjectivity in cinema and providing new models and tools for film analysis.
| Author | : Leslie L. Marsh |
| Publisher | : University of Illinois Press |
| Total Pages | : 251 |
| Release | : 2012-10-31 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0252037251 |
Download Brazilian Women's Filmmaking Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This text focuses on women's film production in Brazil from the mid-1970s to the current era. Marsh explains how women's filmmaking contributed to the reformulation of sexual, cultural, and political citizenship during Brazil's fight for the return and expansion of civil rights during the 1970s and 1980s.
| Author | : Tatiana Signorelli Heise |
| Publisher | : University of Wales Press |
| Total Pages | : 327 |
| Release | : 2012-07-15 |
| Genre | : Art |
| ISBN | : 1783165294 |
Download Remaking Brazil Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
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.
| Author | : Alexandra Martinez |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 320 |
| Release | : 2010 |
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Download The Contention of Space in Contemporary Cuban and Brazilian Film Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The purpose of this dissertation is to study women's representation and the contention of space in contemporary Brazilian and Cuban films, in order to analyze the way in which the films reflect societal values regarding gender roles and, consequently the way the nation is represented. The Cuban films I examine are:Retrato de Teresa(1979) andDe Cierta Manera(1964), the short "Julia" fromMujer Transparente(1990) and from Brazil I work with the filmsGabriela(1983) andA Hora da Estrela(1984.) All of the films have a protagonist that is a woman, and all were successful in the box office and had some international recognition. The films have strong female protagonists and share similar socio-political contexts- the socialist government in Cuba and the military dictatorship in Brazil, as well as a time period marked by social unrest as women's rights groups were very active in both countries. My hypothesis is that although these films were commercially successful, groundbreaking and innovative; they ultimately were marked by some of the gendered contradictions and the feminist questionings of their time. In fact, my analysis reveals that, although they each raise many issues and questions about an egalitarian society for both men and women, they fall short in terms of a progressive politics of gender. A notable exception, the filmA Hora da Estrelaprovides a striking difference to the other films.
| Author | : Antônio Márcio da Silva |
| Publisher | : Springer |
| Total Pages | : 369 |
| Release | : 2014-05-01 |
| Genre | : Performing Arts |
| ISBN | : 113739921X |
Download The “Femme” Fatale in Brazilian Cinema Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
In film, the femme fatale has long been constructed as a beautiful heterosexual Caucasian woman. Da Silva shows the need to incorporate diverse ethnic groups and male homosexuals into the range of "femmes" fatales and examines how the Brazilian representations cross gender, race, and class and offer alternatives to the dominant Hollywood model.
| Author | : David William Foster |
| Publisher | : University of Texas Press |
| Total Pages | : 212 |
| Release | : 2009-08-17 |
| Genre | : Performing Arts |
| ISBN | : 029278192X |
Download Queer Issues in Contemporary Latin American Cinema Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Viewing contemporary Latin American films through the lens of queer studies reveals that many filmmakers are exploring issues of gender identity and sexual difference, as well as the homophobia that attempts to defeat any challenge to the heterosexual norms of patriarchal culture. In this study of queer issues in Latin American cinema, David William Foster offers highly perceptive queer readings of fourteen key films to demonstrate how these cultural products promote the principles of an antiheterosexist stance while they simultaneously disclose how homophobia enforces the norms of heterosexuality. Foster examines each film in terms of the ideology of its narrative discourse, whether homoerotic desire or a critique of patriarchal heterosexism and its implications for Latin American social life and human rights. His analyses underscore the difficulties involved in constructing a coherent and convincing treatment of the complex issues involved in critiquing the patriarchy from perspectives associated with queer studies. The book will be essential reading for everyone working in queer studies and film studies. The films discussed in this book are: De eso no se habla (I Don't Want to Talk about It) El lugar sin límites (The Place without Limits) Aqueles dois (Those Two) Convivencia (Living Together) Conducta impropia (Improper Conduct) The Disappearance of García Lorca La Virgen de los Sicarios (Our Lady of the Assassins) Doña Herlinda y su hijo (Doña Herlinda and Her Son) No se lo digas a nadie (Don't Tell Anyone) En el paraíso no existe el dolor (There Is No Suffering in Paradise) A intrusa (The Interloper) Plata quemada (Burnt Money) Afrodita (Aphrodite) Fresa y chocolate (Strawberry and Chocolate)
| Author | : Randal Johnson |
| Publisher | : Columbia University Press |
| Total Pages | : 496 |
| Release | : 1995 |
| Genre | : Performing Arts |
| ISBN | : 9780231102674 |
Download Brazilian Cinema Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
From the documentary to the cinema novo and cannibalism, from Nelson Pereira dos Santos's Vidas Secas to music in the films of Glauber Rocha, this third, revised edition is a century-spanning introduction to the story of a medium that flourished in one of the most developed of 'underdeveloped' nations.
| Author | : Stephen M. Hart |
| Publisher | : Boydell & Brewer Ltd |
| Total Pages | : 238 |
| Release | : 2004 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 1855661063 |
Download A Companion to Latin American Film Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This Companion to Latin American Film is a new, up-to-date introduction to the best twenty-five films of the region. It is designed for the general reader who wants to know the basic facts, figures and ideas about the movies in Latin America. The introductory essay traces the history of Latin American cinema from its humble beginnings in the mid- 1890s until the smash hits of recent years: Like Water for Chocolate (1993), Central Station (1998), Love's a Bitch (2000), And your Mother Too (2001), City of God (2002). The early period when Latin American cinema was dominated by foreign film makers or foreign models (such as Hollywood), as well as the 1960s when as a genre it finally found its feet (the New Latin-American Cinema movement) - are also covered in depth. Each film chapter contains all the information you need -- cast and crew, awards, plot -- as well as a detailed analysis of the themes and techniques which make the film tick. There is a Guide to Further Reading which offers the reader advice on what to read next (all the important books, articles and Internet sites), as well as a Select Bibliography and an extensive index for ease of reference.
