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Format: xiii, 306 Seiten , Illustrationen, Karten

ISBN: 9780520290983 , 9780520290990

Content: "In her authoritative new book, Maite Conde introduces readers to the crucial early years of Brazilian cinema. Focusing on silent film 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, to fan magazines, to experimental avant-garde productions, Conde demonstrates the distinct ways in which Brazil's early film culture helped to project a new image of the country"--Provided by publisher

Content: Introduction : the modern foundations of Brazilian cinema -- Locating Brazil's early cinema. Early cinema and national identity ; mapping out a space of analysis ; cinematic vistas of Rio de Janeiro's worldly modernity ; alternative urban projections in early narrative films -- Hollywood revisions. Film and fandom in Cinearte Magazine ; Beyond Hollywood : reading slave relations in Lost treasure -- The Rondon Commission : producing new visions of the Amazon. Picturing the tropics ; forging a national territory through photography and film ; the expedition films of Major Luiz Thomas Reis -- Modernism and the movies. Modernismo's literary engagements with film ; the cine-poetry of Mário Peixoto's Limite ; fabricating a city of discipline and order in São Paulo : symphony of a metropolis -- Postscript: towards new cinematic foundations

Note: Includes filmography, bibliographical references, and index

Additional Edition: ISBN 9780520964884

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Conde, Maite, 1971- author Foundational films Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018]

Language: English

Subjects: Romance Studies , General works

Keywords: Brasilien ; Stummfilm ; Filmwirtschaft ; Geschichte 1889-1930

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Format: 1 online resource (321 pages)

ISBN: 0-520-96488-8

Series Statement: California scholarship online

Content: 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, to experimental avant-garde productions, Conde demonstrates the distinct ways in which Brazil's early film culture helped to project a new image of the country.

Note: Previously issued in print: 2018. , Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , Illustrations -- , Acknowledgments -- , Introduction: The Modern Foundations of Brazilian Cinema -- , Part I. Locating the Belle Epoque of Brazilian Cinema -- , 1. Early Cinema and National Identity in Brazil: Mapping Out a Space of Analysis -- , 2. Cinematic Vistas of Rio de Janeiro's Worldly Modernity -- , 3. Alternative Urban Projections in Early Narrative Films -- , Part II. Hollywood Revisions -- , 4. Film and Fandom in Cinearte Magazine -- , 5. Beyond Hollywood: Reading Slave Relations in Humberto Mauro's Lost Treasure (1927) -- , Part III. The Rondon Commission: Producing New Visions of the Amazon -- , 6. Picturing the Tropics: Forging a National Territory through Photography and Film -- , 7. The Expedition Films of Major Luiz Thomaz Reis -- , Part IV. Modernism and the Movies -- , 8. Modernismo's Literary Engagements with Film -- , 9. Th e Cine-Poetry of Mário Peixoto's Limite -- , 10. Fabricating Discipline and Progress in São Paulo, Symphony of a Metropolis -- , Postscript: Toward New Cinematic Foundations -- , Notes -- , Filmography -- , Bibliography -- , Index , In English.

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-520-29098-4

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-520-29099-2

Language: English

Keywords: Electronic books.

DOI: 10.1525/9780520964884