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Remaking Brazil: Contested National Identities in Contemporary Brazilian Cinema (Iberian and Latin American Studies) - Hardcover

Tatiana Signorelli Heise

 
9780708325087: Remaking Brazil: Contested National Identities in Contemporary Brazilian Cinema (Iberian and Latin American Studies)

Synopsis

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 discusses the various ways in which dominant ideas about brasilidade (Brazilian national consciousness) are dramatised, supported or attacked in contemporary fiction and documentary films.

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About the Author

Dr. Tatiana Signorelli Heise is Professor of Hispanic Studies at Manchester University.

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