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Book Synopsis
A sweeping survey of Brazilian representations—encompassing literature, art, propaganda, mass media, and other realms—across five centuries of evolving identity, brimming with powerful photographs.

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For transforming 500 years of a country's complex history into an articulate narrative, Brazil Imagined is an effort to be praised and a must-read for introductory courses on Brazil and Latin America. * Revista Europea de Estudios Latinoamericanos y del Caribe *

Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Chapter One: Edenic and Cannibal Encounters
  • Chapter Two: Paradise (Re)Gained: Dutch Representations of Brazil and Nativist Imaginary
  • Chapter Three: Regal Brazil
  • Chapter Four: The Foundations of a National Literary Imaginary
  • Chapter Five: Modernist Brazil
  • Chapter Six: Good Neighbor Brazil
  • Chapter Seven: From Revolutionary to Dystopian Brazil on Screen
  • Epilogue: Land of the Future
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

Brazil Imagined 1500 to the Present

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      Publisher: University of Texas Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/10/2008
      ISBN13: 9780292718579, 978-0292718579
      ISBN10: 0292718578

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A sweeping survey of Brazilian representations—encompassing literature, art, propaganda, mass media, and other realms—across five centuries of evolving identity, brimming with powerful photographs.

      Trade Review
      For transforming 500 years of a country's complex history into an articulate narrative, Brazil Imagined is an effort to be praised and a must-read for introductory courses on Brazil and Latin America. * Revista Europea de Estudios Latinoamericanos y del Caribe *

      Table of Contents
      • Acknowledgments
      • Introduction
      • Chapter One: Edenic and Cannibal Encounters
      • Chapter Two: Paradise (Re)Gained: Dutch Representations of Brazil and Nativist Imaginary
      • Chapter Three: Regal Brazil
      • Chapter Four: The Foundations of a National Literary Imaginary
      • Chapter Five: Modernist Brazil
      • Chapter Six: Good Neighbor Brazil
      • Chapter Seven: From Revolutionary to Dystopian Brazil on Screen
      • Epilogue: Land of the Future
      • Notes
      • Bibliography
      • Index

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