{"product_id":"allegories-of-underdevelopment-aesthetics-and-politics-in-modern-brazilian-cinema-9780816626779","title":"Allegories Of Underdevelopment  Aesthetics and","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExamines the centrality of Cinema Novo to film-making in Brazil. Focusing on film makers' use of narrative allegories for the \"conservative modernization\" Brazil and other nations underwent in the 1960s and 1970s, the author asks questions relating to the connection between film and history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart I The teleology of history: \"Black God White Devil\" - allegory and prophecy. Part II The crisis of teleology land in anguish: allegory and agony; \"Red Light Bandit\" - allegory and irony; the levels of incoherence - or the mirage of the nation as a subject. Part III Allegory and melancholy: \"Macunaima\" - the delusions of eternal childhood; \"Antonio das Mortes\" - myth and simulacrum in the crisis of revolution. Part IV: Allegory and deconstruction: \"The Angel is Born\" - the song of exile; \"Killed the Family and went to the Movies\" - the ersatz carnival; bang bang - passage, not destination. Part V Further developments: trends of allegory in the 1970s.","brand":"University of Minnesota Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405938794839,"sku":"9780816626779","price":19.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780816626779.jpg?v=1730493972","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/allegories-of-underdevelopment-aesthetics-and-politics-in-modern-brazilian-cinema-9780816626779","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}