This book explores conflicting conceptions of Brazilian national identity as they are expressed in contemporary Brazilian cinema, especially those revolving around the long-standing claim that Brazil is a racial democracy. Series: Iberian and Latin American Studies. Num Pages: 324 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; APFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 236 x 22. Weight in Grams: 482. . 2012. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Title: Remaking Brazil: Contested National Identities in Contemporary Brazilian Cinema (Iberian and Latin American Studies)
Publisher: University of Wales Press
Publication Date: 2012
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0708325084
ISBN 13: 9780708325087
Binding: Hardcover
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Brazil has long been home to a strong and important film industry, and in recent years Brazilian cinema has been drawing growing attention worldwide, with such films as Central Station and City of God receiving international acclaim. Remaking Brazil takes a close look at Brazilian films released between 1995 and 2010, including Elite Squad, Orfeu, The Trespasser, and Almost Brothers, paying special attention to issues of race, ethnicity, and national identity.

Despite increased interest in ethnic and racial aspects of Brazilian society, until now there has been very little academic research on how these aspects are articulated in contemporary cinema. Tatiana Signorelli Heise fills that gap, focusing on the idea of the nation as an “imagined community” and considering the various ways in which dominant ideas about brasilidade, or Brazilian national consciousness, are dramatized, supported, or attacked in contemporary fiction and documentary films.

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Tatiana Signorelli Heise is a lecturer in the Department of Spanish, Portuguese, and Latin American Studies at the University of Manchester.

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