Tropical Multiculturalism A Comparative History of Race in Brazilian Cinema and Culture

Simultaneously a history of Brazilian cinema from the standpoint of race, a history of Brazil itself through its cinematic representations, a comparative study of racial formation in Brazil and the US and a theorized analysis of racialized representation

Info autore

Robert Stam is Professor of Cinema Studies at New York University. He is the author of Subversive Pleasures and coauthor of Unthinking Eurocentrism: Multiculturalism and the Media, and Brazilian Cinema.

Riassunto

Provides a major study of race in Brazilian culture through the most complete critical analysis of Brazilian cinema in any language. This title examines the broad historical and cultural links that connect Brazil and the United States before considering multicultural imagery in Brazilian film as it has changed from the silent era to the present.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Robert Stam, Stam
• Editore: Duke University Press
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 17.12.1997
• Categoria: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Opere generiche, enciclopedie; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Teatro, balletto
• EAN: 9780822320357
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-2035-7
• Numero di pagine: 432
• Peso (della confezione): 980 g
• Serie: Latin America Otherwise; Latin America Otherwise: Langu; Latin America Otherwise
• Categorie: Südamerika, Amerikanische Geschichte, Filmgeschichte, Filmtheorie und Filmkritik, PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / History & Criticism, PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / Guides & Reviews, Pop Arts / Pop Culture, HISTORY / Latin America / South America