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  • Manifesting Democracy?

    Urban Protests and the Politics of Representation in Brazil Post 2013

    by Maite Conde ...
    Series series Antipode Book Series
    This volume explores the series of public protests – manifestações – that took place in a number of Brazilian cities in June and July 2013, when thousands of people took to the streets to demand improvements in urban infrastructures.Critically examines the role these protests played in politics, the political and their relationships to urban space and cultureAnalyses their connections to the ... Read more

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  • Foundational Films

    Early Cinema and Modernity in Brazil

    by Maite Conde ...
    In her authoritative new book, Maite Conde introduces readers to the crucial early years of Brazilian cinema. Focusing on silent films released during the First Republic (1889-1930), Foundational Films explores how the medium became implicated in a larger project to transform Brazil into a modern nation. Analyzing an array of cinematic forms, from depictions of contemporary life and fan magazines, ... Read more

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  • Consuming Visions

    Cinema, Writing, and Modernity in Rio de Janeiro

    by Maite Condé ...
    Series series New World Studies
    Consuming Visions explores the relationship between cinema and writing in early twentieth-century Brazil, focusing on how the new and foreign medium of film was consumed by a literary society in the throes of modernization. Maite Conde places this relationship in the specific context of turn-of-the-century Rio de Janeiro, which underwent a radical transformation to a modern global city, becoming a ... Read more

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  • Paulo Emílio Salles Gomes

    On Brazil and Global Cinema

    Series series Iberian and Latin American Studies
    Paulo Emílio Salles Gomes (1916–77) is revered in Brazil as the first ardent defender, promoter and theorist of Brazilian cinema. A film professor, critic and historian, his dedication to cinema shaped a generation of influential film critics in his home country, and set the foundations for the serious study of film in Brazil. For the first time in English, this book brings together a selection of ... Read more

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