Format:
xiii, 306 Seiten
,
Illustrationen, Karten
ISBN:
9780520290983
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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
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General works
Keywords:
Brasilien
;
Stummfilm
;
Filmwirtschaft
;
Geschichte 1889-1930
