Brazil in the Making

Facets of National Identity
Herausgeber: Lauerhass, Ludwig; Nava, Carmen

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This innovative volume traces Brazil's singular character, exploring both the remarkable richness and cohesion of the national culture and the contradictions and tensions that have developed over time. What shared experiences give its citizens their sense of being Brazilian? What memories bind them together? What metaphors and stereotypes of identity have emerged? Which groups are privileged over others in idealized representations of the nation? The contributors-a multidisciplinary group of U.S. and Brazilian scholars-offer a fresh look at questions that have been asked since the early nineteenth century and that continue to drive nationalist discourse today. Their chapters explore Brazilian identity through an innovative framework that brings in seldom-considered aspects of art, music, and visual images, offering a compelling analysis of how nationalism functions as a social, political, and cultural construction in Latin America. Contributions by: Cristina Antunes, Dain Borges, Valéria Costa e Silva, James Green, Efrain Kristal, Ludwig Lauerhass Jr., Cristina Magaldi, Elizabeth A. Marchant, José Mindlin, Carmen Nava, José Luis Passos, Robert Stam, and Valéria Torres

Produktdetails

• Latin American Silhouettes
• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. März 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 368g
• ISBN-13: 9780742537576
• ISBN-10: 0742537579
• Artikelnr.: 21094118

Autorenporträt

Edited by Carmen Nava and Ludwig Lauerhass Jr.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: A Four-Part Canon for the Analysis of Brazilian National
Identity Part I: Texts Chapter 1: Machado de Assis and the Question of
Brazilian National Identity Chapter 2: Euclides de Cunha's View of Brazil's
Fractured Identity Chapter 3: Gilberto Freyre's Concept of Culture in The
Masters and the Slaves Part II: Facts Chapter 4: Brasiliana: Published
Works and Collections Chapter 5: Forging Future Citizens in Brazilian
Public Schools, 1937-1945 Part III: Sights Chapter 6: The Visual Imaging of
Brazilian Identity Chapter 7: Cinematic Images of the Brazilian Indian
Chapter 8: The Emperor and His Pedestal: Pedro I and Disputed Views of the
Brazilian Nation, 1860-1900 Part IV: Sounds Chapter 9: Two Musical
Representations of Brazil: Carlos Gomes and Heitor Villa Lobos Timeline of
Brazilian History