What is Library Catalog?
Library Catalog is the library catalog for ALL of the 9 Vanderbilt Libraries.
You can use it to find:
- Books
- DVDs & Videos
- Periodical Titles ( but not individual articles)
- Reserve materials
- and more...
Brazilian Film and Cultural Websites
- The Brazilian Embassy in the UKThis website contains extensive information about the culture, economy, government and other areas in Brazil.
- Cinemateca BrasileiraThe Brazilian Ministry of Culture's website for film and movies.
- Passado MusicalA digital collection of more than 8000 songs from the National Library of Brazil.
Travel
- Check out the Lonely Planetfor travel information, discussion boards, and other information on travel to individual countries and to regions.
- Flavors from BrazilA history and description of food in Brazil.
Film Resources
- FIAF International Index to Film Periodicals This link opens in a new windowIndexes articles in the world's academic and popular film journals from 1972 to date. Includes film archives and documentation.
- MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new windowincludes journals and books on film criticism.
- Classic Mexican Cinema Online This link opens in a new windowFilm periodicals from the late 1890s to the “Golden Age” (1930s to 1960). It also includes primary sources such as Mexican cultural journals of the era (e.g., El mundo ilustrado for 1902-1910) and scrapbooks of film reviews, movie stills, programs and advertisements from the archives of Filmoteca in Mexico (UNAM). Covers material relating to film and media studies, Latin American Studies, music, and Mexican cultural studies.
- Cinema and Media Arts Research GuideCinema and Media Arts at Vanderbilt.
- Latin American Network Information Center (LANIC) - CinemaIncludes a list of regional resources, educational and distribution resources, and film festivals. LANIC Cinema also lists resources by country.
- Portal del cine y el audiovisual latinoamericano y caribeñoContains a variety of information about Latin American and Caribbean film, from legislation to festivals to the latest news. Created and maintained by the Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo.
- Latin American and Spanish Videos Freely Available on the Internet: A Guide to Web ResourcesJesús Alonso-Regalado, from the University of Albany, lists various online resources in his guide for videos and Latin American TV that are freely available online.
Print and E-book Film Resources
Brazilian National Cinema by Call Number: Central PN1993.5 .B6 S45 2007ISBN: 9780415338158Publication Date: 2007-10-19Lisa Shaw and Stephanie Dennison apply recent theories on stardom, particularly relating to issues of ethnicity, race and gender, to both well-known Brazilian performers and lesser known icons. This timely addition to the National Cinemasseries provides a comprehensive overview of the relationship between Brazilian cinema and issues of national and cultural identity.
The New Brazilian Cinema by ISBN: 9781860648786Publication Date: 2003-10-24Lucia Nagib here presents the first comprehensive critical survey of Brazilian film production since the mid-1990s, which has become known as the "Renaissance of Brazilian cinema". Besides reflecting on the conditions that made possible this recent boom, this book elaborates on the new aesthetic tendencies of recent productions, as well as their relationships to earlier traditions of Brazilian cinema. Internationally acclaimed films are analyzed alongside daringly experimental works.- Brazilian Narrative Traditions in a Comparative Text byCall Number: Central PQ9597 .F58 2005ISBN: 0873525876Publication Date: 2005-01-01In the first volume of the MLA series World Literatures Reimagined, Vanderbilt's Earl E. Fitz examines the complex relation between Brazil and the United States: the colonial similarities and differences; the shared issues of slavery and racism; the mutual influences; and the political, economic, and cultural interactions, sometimes troubling, between the two nations.
- The Film Industry in Brazil byCall Number: Central PN1993.5 .B6 J624 1987ISBN: 0822935384Publication Date: 1987-04-01
Music Resources
- Music Periodicals Database This link opens in a new windowIndex of music periodicals with some good international coverage.
- Bloomsbury Popular Music This link opens in a new windowExplores the historical origins and cultural impact of popular music, ..and the social, political, and economic context of different musical genres. Lengthy historical essays with numerous references.
- Oxford Reference This link opens in a new windowGood source for beginning your research on many different topics (film, music, dance). Brief articles with recommended books and articles.
- Oxford Music Online This link opens in a new windowIncludes: Grove Music Online, The Oxford Dictionary of Music, and the Oxford Companion to Music. Good international coverage for Latin America.
- Oxford Bibliographies This link opens in a new windowA guide for researchers to the best available scholarship in the fields of music (e.g., review articles cover principal scholarship on Cuban classical music, salsa, rumba, jazz, hip-hop).
- Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Online This link opens in a new windowEssays and recordings and images on classical and ethnic traditions.
- RIPM - Retrospective Index to Music Periodicals (RIPM Platform) This link opens in a new windowIndex of early music periodicals including articles, reviews, illustrations, and advertisements. Useful as a primary source for 19th-century Latin American musical experiences.
- Naxos Music Library This link opens in a new window
Streaming audio service of the complete recording catalogs of the Naxos label and numerous other labels. The main genres covered are classical, world, folk, jazz, and Chinese music.
- Rock's Backpages This link opens in a new windowArchive of music journalism: articles, reviews, and interviews from mainstream music publications and zines. Audio interviews.
