| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 306 pages) |
| Series |
California scholarship online |
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California scholarship online
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| Contents |
Introduction : the modern foundations of Brazilian cinema -- Locating the belle epoque of Brazilian 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 Humberto Mauro's Lost Treasure (1927) -- 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 discipline and progress in São Paulo, symphony of a metropolis -- Postscript: towards new cinematic foundations |
| Summary |
"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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes filmography, bibliographical references, and index |
| Notes |
In English |
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Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 06, 2018) |
| Subject |
Motion pictures -- Brazil -- History -- 20th century
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Motion pictures -- Brazil -- History -- 19th century
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Silent films -- Brazil
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Reference.
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HISTORY -- Latin America -- General.
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Motion pictures
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Silent films
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| SUBJECT |
Brazil -- In motion pictures.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh89006735
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| Subject |
Brazil
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2018012427 |
| ISBN |
9780520964884 |
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0520964888 |
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