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Cannibalizing the colony : cinematic adaptations of colonial literature in Mexico and Brazil / Richard A. Gordon.
Van Pelt Library PN1995.9.H5 G65 2009
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gordon, Richard A. (Richard Allen), 1969-
- Series:
- Purdue studies in Romance literatures ; v. 45.
- Purdue studies in Romance literatures
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Historical films--Mexico--History and criticism.
- Historical films.
- Historical films--Brazil--History and criticism.
- Mexican fiction--Film and video adaptations.
- Mexican fiction.
- Brazilian fiction--Film and video adaptations.
- Brazilian fiction.
- Brazil.
- Mexico.
- Genre:
- Film adaptations.
- Physical Description:
- x, 264 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- West Lafayette, Ind. : Purdue University Press, [2009]
- Contents:
- Re-creating Caminha : the earnest adaptation of Brazil's letter of discovery in Descobrimento do Brazil (1937)
- Exoticizing the nation in Cabeza de Vaca (1991) Como era gostoso o meu francês (1971)
- Reimagining Guadalupe in Nuevo mundo (1976) La otra conquista (1998)
- Sor Juana Inés de Ia Cruz and the retooling of a national icon in Ave María (1999)
- Inverted captivities and imagined adaptations in Brava Gente Brasileira (2000) Caramuru: A Invenção do Brasil (2001)
- Epilogue : The unwieldy dynamics of anthropophagous adaptations.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-252) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781557535191
- 1557535191
- OCLC:
- 231582816
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