| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 306 pages) |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes filmography, bibliographical references, and index. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Motion pictures -- Brazil -- History -- 20th century.
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Motion pictures. |
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Brazil. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Motion pictures -- Brazil -- History -- 19th century.
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| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
Silent films -- Brazil.
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Silent films. |
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Brazil -- In motion pictures.
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| Chronological Term |
1800-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Conde, Maite, 1971- Foundational films. Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018] 9780520290983 (DLC) 2018010665 |
| ISBN |
9780520964884 (electronic book) |
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0520964888 (electronic book) |
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9780520290983 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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