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Popular Cinema in Brazil, 1930-2001

Popular Cinema in Brazil, 1930-2001 Paperback / softback - 2004

by Stephanie Dennison

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Paperback / softback. New. This ground-breaking study provides an entertaining insight into popular film in Brazil, situating major box-office successes such as 'Central Station' (Walter Salles, 1998), in their socio-historical context. -- .
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  • Title Popular Cinema in Brazil, 1930-2001
  • Author Stephanie Dennison
  • Binding Paperback / softback
  • Condition New
  • Pages 264
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Manchester University Press
  • Date 2004-08-26
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # A9780719064999
  • ISBN 9780719064999 / 0719064996
  • Weight 0.95 lbs (0.43 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.9 in (23.11 x 15.49 x 2.29 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Motion pictures - Brazil - History, Motion pictures - Social aspects - Brazil
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2005295547
  • Dewey Decimal Code 791.430

From the publisher

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.

From the rear cover

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.

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Citations

  • Choice, 06/01/2005, Page 1827

About the author

Stephanie Dennison is Lecturer in Portuguese and Brazilian Studies at the University of Leeds

Lisa Shaw is Senior Lecturer in Portuguese and Brazilian Studies at the University of Leeds