{"product_id":"9780708325087","title":"Remaking Brazil: Contested National Identities in Contemporary Brazilian Cinema","description":"\u003cp\u003eBrazil has long been home to a strong and important film industry, and in recent years Brazilian cinema has been drawing growing attention worldwide, with such films as \u003ci\u003eCentral Station\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCity of God\u003c\/i\u003e receiving international acclaim.\u003ci\u003e Remaking Brazil\u003c\/i\u003e takes a close look at Brazilian films released between 1995 and 2010, including \u003ci\u003eElite Squad\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOrfeu\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Trespasser\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAlmost Brothers\u003c\/i\u003e, paying special attention to issues of race, ethnicity, and national identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDespite increased interest in ethnic and racial aspects of Brazilian society, until now there has been very little academic research on how these aspects are articulated in contemporary cinema. Tatiana Signorelli Heise fills that gap, focusing on the idea of the nation as an “imagined community” and considering the various ways in which dominant ideas about \u003ci\u003ebrasilidade\u003c\/i\u003e, or Brazilian national consciousness, are dramatized, supported, or attacked in contemporary fiction and documentary films.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Wales Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47009955807472,"sku":"9780708325087","price":90.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780708325087_p0.jpg?v=1763623110","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780708325087","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}