Brazil in Twenty-First Century Popular Media
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Brazil in Twenty-First Century Popular Media

Culture, Politics, and Nationalism on the World Stage

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eBook - ePub

Brazil in Twenty-First Century Popular Media

Culture, Politics, and Nationalism on the World Stage

About this book

This volume examines some of the ways that Brazil has been represented and seeks to represent itself in popular media. It looks at social inequalities, racial divisions, and legacies of political restructuring as it illuminates the challenges and opportunities that the nation faces at present and going into preparations for and recovery from the upcoming mega events, both the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Summer Olympics. Drawing on the expertise of scholars in the fields of film and media studies, political science, social movement analysis, and cultural studies this volume features chapters examining the role of stereotyped Brazilian identity and myths of what it means to be Brazilian, the growing interest in favela—slum—culture, and sites of resistance in contemporary Brazilian society.

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Information

Publisher
Lexington Books
Year
2014
eBook ISBN
9780739186923
Edition
1
Topic
History
Subtopic
Latin American & Caribbean History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Acknowledgements
  3. Introduction: “Re-Staging Brazil: Twenty-first Century Inquiries”
  4. “Twenty-first Century Brazilian Myths: Representations of the Nation”
  5. How to be a good Brazilian: The Image of Brazil in Contemporary American Cinema
  6. Constructing a New National Myth in Contemporary Brazilian Film
  7. “Internal Contradictions: New Brazilian Cinema, Documentary Film, and Telenovelas ”
  8. Confinement and Violence in the Streets of New Brazilian Cinema
  9. A Cosmética da Fome: The Staging of Poverty in Recent Arts-Focused Documentary Film
  10. Centering the Margins: The Modern Favela in the Brazilian Telenovela
  11. Combating Social Inequalities
  12. Brazil at a Socio-Cinematic Crossroads: State Intervention on Screen
  13. Offline Dimensions of Online Favela Youth Reactions to Human Rights Violations before the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro
  14. The MST and its Educational Program on the World Stage
  15. Conclusion: “ Gingando e Jogando, o Jeito Brasileiro: Playing Brazil”
  16. Index
  17. Contributors