Gender and society in contemporary Brazilian cinema
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Gender and society in contemporary Brazilian cinema
University of Texas Press, 1999
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Gender & society in contemporary Brazilian cinema
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
"Gender is an absolute ground zero for most human societies," writes David William Foster, "an absolute horizon of social subjectivity." In this book, he examines gender issues in thirteen Brazilian films made (with one exception) after the 1985 return to constitutional democracy and elimination of censorship to show how these issues arise from and comment on the sociohistorical reality of contemporary Brazilian society.
Foster organizes his study around three broad themes: construction of masculinity, constructions of feminine and feminist identities, and same-sex positionings and social power. Within his discussions of individual films ranging from Jorge um brasileiro to A hora da estrela to Beijo no asfalto, he offers new ways of understanding national ideals and stereotypes, sexual dissidence (homoeroticism and transgenderism), heroic models, U.S./Brazilian relations, revolutionary struggle, and human rights violations. As the first study of Brazilian cinematic representations of gender ideology in English or Portuguese, this book will be important reading in film and cultural studies.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Constructions of Masculinity
Jorge um brasileiro
Lamarca
Opera do malandro
O boto
Capitalismo selvagem
Yndio do Brasil
2. Constructions of Feminine and Feminist Identities
A hora da estrela
Eternamente Pagu
Que bom te ver viva
Bananas Is My Business
3. Same-Sex Positionings and Social Power
Barrela
O beijo no asfalto
Vera
Conclusions
Notes
References
Index
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