Cinema, slavery, and Brazilian nationalism / Richard A. Gordon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gordon, Richard A. (Richard Allen), 1969- author.

Series:

Cognitive approaches to literature and culture series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slavery in motion pictures.

Nationalism in motion pictures.

Motion pictures--Political aspects--Brazil.

Motion pictures.

Motion pictures--Social aspects--Brazil.

Motion pictures--Social aspects.

Motion pictures--Political aspects.

Brazil.

Physical Description:

xi, 272 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, 2015.

Contents:

Introduction

Influencing understandings of Brazilianness in O Aleijadinho: Paixão, glória e suplício (2000)

Modeling national identity on religious identity in Cafundó (2005)

Multiple, provisional, national identity models in Quilombo (1984)

Alternative understandings of the national community in Chico Rei (1985)

Flirting with viewers and precariously rethinking Brazilianness in Xica da Silva (1976).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780292760974

0292760973

OCLC:

883206933