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Informationen zum Autor Edited by Carmen Nava and Ludwig Lauerhass Jr. Klappentext This innovative volume traces Brazil's singular character, exploring both the remarkable richness and cohesion of the national culture and the contradictions and tensions that have developed over time. What shared experiences give its citizens their sense of being Brazilian? What memories bind them together? What metaphors and stereotypes of identity have emerged? Which groups are privileged over others in idealized representations of the nation? The contributors-a multidisciplinary group of U.S. and Brazilian scholars-offer a fresh look at questions that have been asked since the early nineteenth century and that continue to drive nationalist discourse today. Their chapters explore Brazilian identity through an innovative framework that brings in seldom-considered aspects of art, music, and visual images, offering a compelling analysis of how nationalism functions as a social, political, and cultural construction in Latin America.Contributions by: Cristina Antunes, Dain Borges, Valéria Costa e Silva, James Green, Efrain Kristal, Ludwig Lauerhass Jr., Cristina Magaldi, Elizabeth A. Marchant, José Mindlin, Carmen Nava, José Luis Passos, Robert Stam, and Valéria Torres Zusammenfassung Traces Brazil's singular character! exploring both the remarkable richness and cohesion of the national culture! and the contradictions and tensions that have developed over time. This book includes several chapters that explore Brazilian identity through the interlinked concepts of texts! facts! sights! and sounds. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: A Four-Part Canon for the Analysis of Brazilian National IdentityPart I: TextsChapter 1: Machado de Assis and the Question of Brazilian National IdentityChapter 2: Euclides de Cunha's View of Brazil's Fractured IdentityChapter 3: Gilberto Freyre's Concept of Culture in The Masters and the SlavesPart II: FactsChapter 4: Brasiliana: Published Works and CollectionsChapter 5: Forging Future Citizens in Brazilian Public Schools, 1937-1945Part III: SightsChapter 6: The Visual Imaging of Brazilian IdentityChapter 7: Cinematic Images of the Brazilian IndianChapter 8: The Emperor and His Pedestal: Pedro I and Disputed Views of the Brazilian Nation, 1860-1900Part IV: SoundsChapter 9: Two Musical Representations of Brazil: Carlos Gomes and Heitor Villa LobosTimeline of Brazilian History...
