Overview

The Brazilian Road Movie explores some of the key trends and films in the development of the road movie in Brazil. A collection of essays by distinguished scholars, covering a broad range of case studies, this text spans Brazilian film production from the silent era to the present day. Contributors examine such issues as the reworking of the genre in a Brazilian context and the relationships between documentary and fiction; history, politics, and cinema; gender and race; the wilderness and the urban space; and the national and the transnational. As a whole, the volume sheds light on the significance of the journey and the experience of life on the road as represented in Brazilian cinema.

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Author:   Sara Brandellero
Publisher:   University of Wales Press
Imprint:   University of Wales Press
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9780708325988

ISBN 10:   070832598
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   15 June 2013
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Sara Brandellero Part I: On the Road Chapter 1: Silvino Santos and the Mobile View: Documentary Geographies of Modern Brazil Luciana Martins Chapter 2: Paths of the Brazilian Road Movies in the 1950s Samuel Paiva A-- Chapter 3: Bye Bye Brasil and the Quest for the Nation Sara Brandellero Chapter 4: Framing Landscapes: the Return Journey in Suely in the Sky Mariana A. C. da Cunha Chapter 5: Road to Riches: Migration and Social Mobility in 2 Filhos de Francisco Tatiana Signorelli Heise Chapter 6: God is Brazilian: a Re-Examination of Cinema Novo and Self Adriana Rouanet Part II: The Voyage Out Chapter 7: Leaving Home in Three Films by Walter Salles Darlene J. Sadlier Chapter 8: Back to the Margins in Search of the Core: Foreign Land's Geography of Exclusion Lucia Nagib Chapter 9: Sertao as Post-National Landscape: Cinema, aspirinas e urubus Stephanie Dennison Chapter 10: Women on the Road: Sexual Tourism & Beyond Joao Luiz Vieira

Reviews

This valuable addition to the existing bibliography in English on Brazilian cinema takes a fresh perspective by exploring how the road movie genre, intimately associated with Hollywood film, has been adapted and reworked by Brazilian filmmakers. Its strength lies in the diversity of works analyzed and the variety of approaches adopted by a range of both established and up-and-coming scholars. --Lisa Shaw, University of Liverpool

Author Information

Sara Brandellero is Assistant Professor in Brazilian Studies at Leiden University. Her publications include the book On a Knife-Edge: The Poetry of Joao Cabral de Melo Neto (Oxford University Press, 2011) and The Brazilian Road Movie: Journeys of (Self)Discovery (University of Wales Press, 2013).

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