Brazilian Telenovelas and the Myth of Racial Democracy

Informationen zum Autor By Samantha Nogueira Joyce Klappentext 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 through which Duas Caras worked to debunk the myth and ideology of racial democracy in Brazil. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter I - Episode 1: And Let There be WhiteChapter II - Black Flows: Duas Caras / The Legacy of Whitening and Racial DemocracyChapter III - "My Little Whitey" / "My Big, Delicious Negro:" Telenovelas, Duas Caras, and the Representation of RaceChapter IV - Deu no Blogão! ("It was in the Big Blog!"): Writing a Telenovela, a Blog, and a MetadiscourseChapter V - Duas Caras as a New Approach to Social MerchandisingChapter VI - ConclusionsReferencesAbout the AuthorIndex

Product details

• Authors: Samantha Nogueira Joyce
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.04.2012
• EAN: 9780739169643
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-6964-3
• Series: Critical Studies in Television; Critical Studies in Television
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Media science; Ethnic Studies, Media Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, PERFORMING ARTS / Television / Genres / Drama, Social discrimination & inequality, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Race & Ethnic Relations, Television: styles and genres, Television Soap Operas, Racism and racial discrimination / Anti-racism, Social discrimination and social justice, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, Film;Television;and Literature