E-Books on Brazilian Film
Brazil by ISBN: 9781783200092Publication Date: 2014-02-15Covers the important movements, genres, and themes from across the eras of Brazilian cinema.- ISBN: 9781845114480
Brazilian Cinema and the Aesthetics of RuinsISBN: 9781350203051Publication Date: 2022Essays on trends in Brazilian filmmaking (Tropicalia, Retomada, etc.).
The New Brazilian Cinema by ISBN: 1860648789Publication Date: 2003"Critical survey of Brazilian film production since the mid-1990s, which has become known as the ""Renaissance of Brazilian cinema.""
Brazil in Twenty-First Century Popular Media by ISBN: 0739186922Publication Date: 2014Examines ways in which Brazil has been represented and seeks to represent itself in popular media.
Brazil on Screen by ISBN: 9781845114480Publication Date: 2007"Covers classics of Cinema Novo, such as 'Black God, White Devil', 'Land in Anguish' and 'How Tasty was my Little Frenchman', alongside representatives of a more recent transnational aesthetics, including the anti-utopian 'City of God'and the urban dystopia of 'The Trespasser'."
The Routledge Companion to World CinemaISBN: 9781138918801Publication Date: 2017Includes essays such as "Brazilian Cinema on the Global Screen."
Online Reference Resources
- Oxford BibliographiesSee recommended sources in articles on "Brazilian Cinema.," "Contemporary Brazilian Cinema:," "Music and cinema: global." which cover themes like cinema novo, race, gender, cinema and the state, samba music.
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Reference sources published by Oxford University Press. Dictionaries, subject reference works, language reference sources and key titles in the Oxford Companion series. Some examples are: the Oxford-Duden German dictionaries, A Dictionary of Psychology, A Dictionary of Zoology, The Oxford Dictionary of Idioms, A Dictionary of Writers and Their Works, Oxford Companion to Western Art, Oxford Companion to U.S.History, Oxford Companion to Music, Oxford Companion to Philosophy, and The Encyclopedia of Popular Music, etc.
- Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Latin American HistoryEncyclopedia overviews on the history of favelas, Brazilian film, etc. with recommended sources.
- Encyclopedia of Latin American History and CultureOverview articles on events, people and places in Latin America with recommended sources (e.g., Cinema novo, Glauber Rocha, etc.).
- Encyclopedia of Race and RacismArticles on filmmakers and themes (e.g., Glauber Rocha with lists of sources by and about him).
Brazilian Film
Foundational Films: Early Cinema and Modernity in Brazil by ISBN: 9780520290990Publication Date: 2018-08-21In her authoritative new book, Maite Conde introduces readers to the crucial early years of Brazilian cinema. Focusing on silent films released during the First Republic (1889-1930),
Remaking Brazil: Contested National Identities in Contemporary Brazilian Cinema by ISBN: 0708325165Publication Date: 2012Explores questions of national identity and Brazil's claim that it is a racial democracy..
Remapping Brazilian Film Culture by ISBN: 9781138119833Publication Date: 2019Brazilian film in the 21st century through a view of the industry, audience, and culture.
