Brazilian telenovelas and the myth of racial democracy / Samantha Nogueira Joyce.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Joyce, Samantha Nogueira, 1976-

Series:

Critical studies in television.

Critical studies in television

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Television soap operas--Brazil--History and criticism.

Television soap operas.

Television soap operas--Social aspects--Brazil.

Black people on television.

Duas caras (Television program).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (137 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Lexington Books, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Samantha Nogueira Joyce's Brazilian Telenovelas and the Myth of Racial Democracy traces the representations of Afro-Brazilians on television, culminating with the telenovela Duas Caras (2007-2008), and reveals how telenovelas contribute to social change in ways that have not been fully explored in previous scholarship. It also provides a comparative analysis between the representation of Blacks in Brazil and in the United States while it tracks the dynamic process thr

Contents:

Contents; Chapter One: Episode 1; Chapter Two: Black Flows; Chapter Three: "My Little Whitey," "My Big, Delicious Negro"; Chapter Four: Deu no Blogão! (It Was in the Big Blog!); Chapter Five: Duas Caras as a New Approach to Social Merchandising; Chapter Six: Conclusions; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

979-82-16-29566-2

1-280-66652-8

9786613643452

0-7391-6965-3

OCLC:

793346695