Popular cinema in Brazil, 1930-2001

by Stephanie Dennison, Lisa Shaw

Overview

Brazil has one of the most significant and productive film industries in Latin America. This ground-breaking study provides an entertaining insight into the Brazilian films that have most captured the imagination of domestic audiences over the years. The recent international success of films such as Central Station and City of God, has stimulated widespread interest in Brazilian film, but studies written in English focus on the 'auteur' cinema of the 1960s. This book focuses on individual films in their socio-historical context, drawing on extensive fieldwork in Brazil and Latin America. It argues that Brazilian cinema has almost always been grounded in intrinsically home-grown cultural forms, dating back to the nineteenth century, such as the Brazilian music-hall, the travelling circus, radio shows, carnival, and, later, comedy television. Combining a chronological structure with groundbreaking research and a lively approach, Popular cinema in Brazil is the ideal introduction to Brazilian cinema.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781526141729
Publisher:	Manchester University Press
Publication date:	01/31/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	264
File size:	6 MB

About the Author

Stephanie Dennison is Lecturer in Portuguese and Brazilian Studies at the University of Leeds
Lisa Shaw is Reader in Portuguese and Brazilian Studies in the School of Cultures, Languages and Area Studies at the University of Liverpool

Table of Contents

List of figures
Acknowledgements
Preface
Introduction
1. The cultural origins of popular cinema in Brazil
2. The 1930s
3. The 1940s
4. The 1950s
5. The 1960s
6. The 1970s
7. The 1980s
8. The 1990s
Conclusion
Filmography
Select bibliography
Index