Brazil Imagined : : 1500 to the Present / / Darlene J. Sadlier.

The first comprehensive cultural history of Brazil to be written in English, Brazil Imagined: 1500 to the Present captures the role of the artistic imaginary in shaping Brazil's national identity. Analyzing representations of Brazil throughout the world, this ambitious survey demonstrates the w...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Place / Publishing House:Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]
©2008
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Series:The William and Bettye Nowlin Series in Art, History, and Culture of the Western Hemisphere
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Physical Description:1 online resource (408 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • chapter 1 Edenic and Cannibal Encounters
  • chapter 2 Paradise (Re)Gained: Dutch Representations of Brazil and Nativist Imagery
  • chapter 3 Regal Brazil
  • chapter 4 The Foundations of a National Literary Imaginary
  • chapter 5 Modernist Brazil
  • chapter 6 Good Neighbor Brazil
  • chapter 7 From Revolutionary to Dystopian Brazil on Screen
  • Epilogue: Land of the Future
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index